There's no other experience on Earth quite like witnessing the northern lights. Also known as the aurora borealis, this spellbinding phenomenon – when brilliant hues of green, yellow, red and purple ...

This was the case with the discovery in 1995 of the first planet orbiting a star other than the sun, which earned two UNIGE researchers, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, the 2019 Physics Nobel Prize.

I moved to Fairbanks from Western Alaska in 2012. My 12-year old daughter came with me. From 2012 to 2018 my daughter went to Randy Smith Middle School and then to Hutchison High School.

When Dr. Leland Fairbanks began his public crusade against tobacco, it was common for doctors, nurses and patients to smoke inside hospitals. Fairbanks, who died Jan. 21 at 94, was a key figure in ...

From Chicago down to New Orleans, riverboat casinos became a hot commodity. They even oozed into other territories, such as Lake Michigan and the Potomac. But these new riverboats never actually ...

I also see—and learn—something new every time I ride along the Alaska Railroad, in large part thanks to the passionate commentary from the local guides on board. Their love fo ...