Physics
The race to see the start of time in the first light of the universe
A lone observatory at the South Pole has a rare chance to glimpse a secret written in the sky. Spot it, and we will know how time and space were born
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Life
We’ve dug up tiny animals from beneath a frozen Antarctic lake
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Comment
Japan鈥檚 plan to resume commercial whaling could actually help whales
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Environment
A swarming asexual midge is island hopping towards Antarctica
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Life
The mummified penguins that hold the secrets of Antarctica’s past
Features
Environment
Searching for Antarctica鈥檚 penguins, lost meteorites, and oldest ice
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Environment
Antibiotic resistance genes are showing up in Antarctic penguins
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Humans
Tim Peake: To the ends of the Earth and beyond
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Environment
Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard
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Environment
Extreme tales from a record-breaking dive in the Antarctic
Jon Copley dived deep for Blue Planet II. He reveals the risks of falling rocks, leaks and fires inside the sub, and highlights the extraordinary "death star"
Features
Environment
Two huge Antarctic glaciers are losing much more ice than we thought
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Earth
Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years
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Earth
Join NASA’s Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission
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Earth
Why climate engineers are targeting Earth’s last pristine spots
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