Summer may be winding down, but we’re not quite ready to let go of beach days, backyard cookouts, or ice cream cones. We love ice cream here at SciFri, so we’re pulling a few of our favorite ice cream ...

Deep inside a Romanian ice cave, locked away in a 5,000-year-old layer of ice, scientists have uncovered a bacterium with a startling secret: it’s resistant to many modern antibiotics. Despite ...

Ice cream comes in many different flavors. But even pure ice, which consists only of water molecules, has been discovered to exist in more than 20 different solid forms or phases that differ in the ...

The Arrival of Summer and the Joy of Ice Cream As summer approaches, the heat becomes increasingly intense, especially during the afternoons. With rising temperatures, our cravings for cold treats ...

This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. Inside a tent ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You don’t have to pay much ...

A vast area of Antarctica that should be covered in winter sea ice is instead lying largely exposed to the ocean, alarming scientists and raising fresh concerns about the future of the frozen ...

The unique surface of ice allows the slide and glide of winter sports to happen, with ice specially created to serve the needs of various Olympic events. "Science and Engineering of the 2014 Olympic ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Leeward Community College’s Wahiawa Value-Added Product Development Center has an exciting ice cream workshop this week. The center’s team helps Hawaii’s value-added food ...