GHOST ALPS OF ANTARCTICA REVEAL SECRET: For more than half a century, geologists have wrangled over the origins of an astonishing range of mountains found beneath ice up to three kilometers (two miles) thick in East Antarctica. Named after the Soviet geophysicist who detected them in 1958 during the first International Polar Year exploration, the […]

NEW YORK MUST PREPARE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE NOW: Devastating floods like those caused in upstate New York by the remnants of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee are among the climate change effects predicted in a new report written by 50 scientists and released Wednesday by the state’s energy research agency. The 600-page report called […]

“My thoughts, they roam freely. Who can ever guess them?”So goes an old German folk song. But imagine living in a world where someone can guess your thoughts, or even know them for certain. A world where science can reach into the deep recesses of your brain and pull out information that you thought was […]

Canada’s Loch Ness Monster: A possible sighting of Canada’s version of the Loch Ness monster at a lake in British Columbia has stirred up the legend of the sea creature long-rumored to reside there. A man visiting British Colombia’s Lake Okanagan claims he filmed video of what could only be the elusive monster, known to […]

As Glaciers Melt, Bhutan Faces Risk of  ‘Mountain Tsunamis:’ The Kingdom of Bhutan, tucked between India and China in the foothills of the Himalaya mountain range, is paying the price for global industrialization. To the north of the country, a chain of Himalayan glaciers is rapidly retreating — by between 20 m and 30 m […]