Can extreme winter really cause trees to 'explode'? The science behind the viral phenomenon

Across the world, winter’s sudden freezes trigger sharp, gunshot-like cracks in trees, known as frost cracking. While ...
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Revolutionary War shipwrecks are caught in preservation debate

The push is on to save relics from the Battle of Valcour Island, 250 years after American forces clashed with the British on ...

No, trees don’t explode when it gets cold, but they do go pop

While the weight of freezing rain, ice and snow can damage branches, there is another kind of injury that comes with the ...
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Inside the Armada Project: Ocean Infinity’s unmanned ships exploring the deep sea

Discover how Ocean Infinity is revolutionizing ocean exploration with the Armada Project. This video features the Armada 78 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Penguins That Thrive—and the Ones Left Behind—as Antarctica Warms

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...
The New York Times

A Timeline of Trump’s Strikes on Vessels He Says Are Smuggling Drugs

President Trump’s military campaign has killed more than 100 people in the waters off Central and South America. The strikes have been widely criticized as illegal. By Anushka Patil Since September, ...