Time now for our science news roundup from our friends at NPR's Short Wave podcast. Aaron Scott and Regina Barber, welcome back. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hi, Ari. AARON SCOTT, BYLINE: Thank you, Ari.

A glacier’s edge can be a dangerous place to do research. This team is using robots and sound samples to monitor the melting ice.

Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising ...

As glaciers and ice sheets retreat, they are exposing objects, organisms, and landscapes that have been locked away for centuries or even millennia. Those revelations are reshaping how I understand ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Swiss glaciers lost nearly 3% of their volume in 2025, following a snow-poor winter and scorching summer heatwaves. The melt has been so extreme that some glaciers lost more than two meters of ice ...

When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin ...

The team also made use of artificial intelligence (AI) neural networks to track individual atoms. This enabled them to analyze thousands of frames, each showing every atom’s position, which would be ...

When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin ...

Researchers have designed an alternative, autonomous observational method to monitor the Arctic's melting ice, which holds promise for improving the autonomy of marine vehicles, aiding in maritime ...

A materials engineer at the University of California San Diego is leading the development of a new research platform for studying high-performance materials, in particular new materials that melt ...

Glacial archaeologists in Norway have discovered weapons and secret hideaways on a remote mountain where stealthy hunters waited for reindeer more than a millennium ago. While surveying part of the ...