"It will feel like early fall across much of the Lower 48 as a strong cold front plunges southward," one meteorologist said.

Astronomers have uncovered a dramatic space event where a baby star’s own actions came back to strike it. A high-speed jet fired from the young star appears to have ignited an immense explosion, ...

New personalized therapy may provide long-term relief for chronic back pain, study finds Even a short-term course of treatment provided lasting relief for some.

Scientists have uncovered the remains of a vast animal community that lived in the European Arctic 75,000 years ago.

Stepping into a virtual forest or waterfall scene through VR could be the future of pain management. A new study shows that immersive virtual nature dramatically reduces pain sensitivity almost as ...

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Healy is currently conducting vital research in the Arctic.

Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream." ...

Russia is rapidly militarizing the Arctic, forging closer ties with China, and exploiting NATO weaknesses. The Arctic could be a future site of international competition.

Techniques that target the psychological aspects of pain can also provide relief, research shows.