The Explorers Club: How A Century-Old Institution Is Shaping Hollywood Storytelling

The Explorers Club has become a direct pipeline for content creators seeking real stories rooted in adventure, science, and ...
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Six-million-year-old Antarctic ice offers glimpse into warmer era of Earth’s past

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ice in Antarctica — the oldest dated ice on the planet. The collaborative ...
Wired

The Oceans Are Going to Rise—but When?

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In May 2014, NASA announced at a press conference that a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appeared to have reached a point of ...
Space.com

Buzz Lightyear at 30: How sci-fi's most famous flying toy took us to infinity… and beyond

In 1995, "Toy Story" introduced one of sci-fi's greatest heroes. Thirty years on, Buzz Lightyear is still the pride of Star Command When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
The Conversation

Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact

Shaina Sadai has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Hitz Family Foundation. Ambarish Karmalkar receives funding from National Science Foundation. When polar ice sheets melt, ...
SciTech Daily

Antarctica’s Fastest Glacier Collapse on Record Alarms Scientists

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier collapsed at record speed, revealing how quickly ice loss could drive sea level rise. A glacier on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula has undergone the fastest ...