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The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics promise relatively mild – but still chilly – temperatures compared to past games. Alex Pantling/Getty Images

Art

Winter Olympians often compete in freezing temperatures – physiology and advances...

Staff Writer - February 7, 2026

Cara Ocobock, University of Notre Dame and Gabriel R. Burks, University of Notre Dame The Winter Olympics and Paralympics...

EXPLORING NATURE

Mahseer swim in the Ramganga River, a major tributary of the Ganges River in South Asia. Zeb Hogan

Business

The world’s great fish migrations are collapsing – that’s a problem...

Staff Writer - March 24, 2026

Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada, Reno Hidden beneath the surface of the world’s rivers, some of Earth’s great animal...

Bottlenose dolphins are social creatures that use whistles and clicks to communicate with each other. Brookfield Zoo Chicago's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, taken under NMFS MMPA Scientific Research Permit

How dolphins communicate – new discoveries from a long‑term study in...

March 23, 2026

Capstone Copper’s Pinto Valley Mine in Miami, Arizona. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth

March 20, 2026

In this illustration, Spinosaurus mirabilis fight over a carcass some 95 million years ago in what is now the Sahara Desert in Niger. Dani Navarro

Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from...

March 16, 2026

Treatment plants can capture over 95% of methane from food waste, compared to about 50% at landfills. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

How sewage treatment plants could handle food waste, sparing landfills and...

March 13, 2026