Known as earthquake lights, these luminous phenomena have left geologists and physicists searching for answers. Typically ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science ...

Results of the 14th annual Cool Science Image Contest were announced on Wednesday with winners selected from a pool of entries that include University of Wisconsin faculty, professors and students.

A research team used satellite data from 1982 to 2018 to show how Arctic wildland fires have become increasingly prevalent. As a result, snow cover is forming later in the year. Fire-impacted areas ...

Leanne Bulger recently found a new hole in the forest floor on the west end of Fairbanks. Into it, she poked a long plastic pipe. “Thirteen feet,” she said when the pole finally hit ground she could ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science ...