What happens when the Arctic starts to look like the South China Sea? Historically, a neutral region where cooperation prevailed, the Arctic is quickly becoming a contested space. This is no more ...

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In 2026, the Arctic winter sea-ice extent (annual maximum extent) reached the lowest value since satellite observations began in 1979, following the previous record low in March 2025. As part of the ...

We've had a few problems on our van life adventure up to the Arctic - we thought we knew what the problem was but it's something else! Hegseth fired the Army chief of chaplains. It’s an unusual move ...

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The $30 billion national Maritime Action Plan includes the planned delivery of 11 new U.S. polar icebreakers for once-impenetrable, now warming Arctic waters. The U.S. currently has three in total, ...

It takes backbone to solve an enigma like the “falling cat” problem. By Taylor Mitchell Brown In 1894, the French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey tried to resolve a particularly vexing question in ...

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Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all manner of experiments ...