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

space exploration 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

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maps New survey reveals land under Antarctica Rob Beschizza

snakes The snake clitoris has finally been found Thom Dunn

junk science Oil and tobacco lobbyist blames Trans-Atlantic slave trade on wind Thom Dunn

robots Apple introduces new AI-narrated audiobooks which are somehow different from just using Siri Thom Dunn

birds Rare snowy owl in California draws crowds to Cypress neighborhood Rusty Blazenhoff

humans helping each other Alaskan town bands together to save local baby Jennifer Sandlin

Sir Issac Newton You can visit Sir Isaac Newton's legendary "gravity tree"—and its many descendants and clones Andrew Yi

Weird Here are the weirdest animal behaviors discovered in 2022 David Pescovitz

maps Terrible Maps Elías Villoro

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fish New study: Fish can get addicted to meth after eating human poop Thom Dunn

History Exclusive interview with Matt LaCroix and Kaedrich Olsen about Gaia's Ancient Civilizations fourth season Devin Nealy

Science The art shrines buried deep inside of the South Pole Ice Tunnels Popkin

Rocky Mountain High Debate shows that Lauren Boebert has only one message: "Must Stop Nancy Pelosi!" Jason Weisberger