All Stories by Douglas Fox
- Earth
Explainer: Antarctica, land of lakes
There are many, although they tend to be buried under rivers of ice.
- Animals
Animals under Antarctic ice?
Data suggest a web of lake organisms might thrive deep under ice; scientists struggle to make sense of the new report.
- Climate
The high life
The sky is full of microscopic life, some of which might even trigger rain or snow.
- Climate
Watching our seas rise
Satellites, coral reefs, ancient Roman fishponds and sinking cities help us understand how humans are changing sea level.
- Earth
The oldest place on Earth
Antarctica may seem like the dead continent, but it once bustled with life — a little of which still survives.
- Earth
A ghost lake
Scientists study an ancient lake that once covered much of Utah to learn lessons for the future.
- Earth
Big rocks’ balancing acts
Scientists study how balanced boulders resist falling over — and what that may say about earthquakes.
- Life
Full-body taste
Turns out that the tongue isn’t the only place where the body can taste what you ate.
- Environment
Pollution at the ends of the Earth
Chemicals are turning up in small Arctic villages far from factories and cities.
- Tech
Letting molecules do the work
Why go to the trouble of carefully building electric circuits when the circuits can build themselves?
- Fossils
Invisible fossils of the first animals
Though the first animals on Earth didn’t leave behind rock fossils, scientists can still find these ancient creatures by observing their invisible molecular fossils.
- Earth
Where rivers run uphill
Three scientists travel to Antarctica to explore a secret world hidden beneath the ice.
