climate change Arctic Shipping Routes are melting early. It's good for trade, but not the planet. Thom Dunn

murder How a bizarre 1970s Arctic killing could help set a legal precedent for space murder Thom Dunn

bears How the etymology of "Arctic" complicates the cryptic etymology of "bear" Thom Dunn

asteroids OREO built an asteroid-proof Oreo bunker in the Arctic Thom Dunn

Sex Swedish town official proposes shag breaks for workers Rob Beschizza

A tanker of molten sulphur vanished with 39 crew in 1963 Ellsworth Toohey

travel Antarctica's winds permanently bent New Zealand's trees sideways Popkin

Delightful Creatures Gray whales made a comeback, and now the food is disappearing Jason Weisberger

tv Netflix's Avatar season 2 keeps the washed-out look fans hated Grant St. Clair

Science In 1997, NOAA recorded a sound louder than any known animal Ellsworth Toohey

horror Doc Copper's nose ring in The Thing was the actor's own idea Ellsworth Toohey

Science World map of presumed laptop theft risk in coffee shops Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists found ice with a 304-molecule repeating pattern Ellsworth Toohey

Science Antarctic detector captured 13 radio pulses from cosmic rays in ice Ellsworth Toohey

apple DIY: Add water cooling to your MacBook Neo Séamus Bellamy

Technology Why Mastodon matters now more than its creators imagined Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Juicero your soft plastic recycling with the Clear Drop compactor Rob Beschizza

Nature Michigan lighthouse becomes surreal ice sculpture after arctic blast Popkin

Science An asteroid passed 428 km from Earth and no one saw it coming Ellsworth Toohey

Science Sharks reach Antarctica as warming oceans expand their range Séamus Bellamy