How Antarctica's only native insect could hold secrets to deep space travel
Antarctica’s only native insect could provide inspiration for how humans could travel into deep space. The tiny midge called ...
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
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Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
Central NC woman, who once worked in Antarctica, credits heart pump with saving her life
A Pittsboro woman is living life to the fullest despite a heart condition that’s impacted a number of people in her family.  ...
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Now that's a COOL job! Chefs, plumbers, and electricians could get paid over £50,000 to work in Antarctica - so, could you live in an area where it's dark for 24 hours a day?
Ben Norrish, head of vehicles for BAS, has spent 16 seasons living on the ice since starting out as a Mobile Plant Technician in 2001. Mr Norrish says: 'There's something special about Antarctica ...
Antarctica's only insect could help humans travel deep into space
Antarctica’s only native insect, called Belgica antarctica, has adapted to survive in extreme cold temperatures, which could ...
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5 Books You Should Read Before Going To Antarctica
Antarctica has a wild ... and evokes what life is like for those living and stationed down on the White Continent. Written in first person and full of anecdotes, this book is a nice, modern ...
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Anoxycalyx Joubini: This Giant Volcano Sponge Found In Antarctica May Live For 15,000 Years
I n the McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica, there lives a species of sponge known as the giant volcano sponge ( Anoxycalyx ...
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Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
At an Antarctic Research Base, Football Is a Tether to Home
Research scientists in remote locations need to get creative in order to follow their favorite teams, even when they don’t ...
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69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica is oldest ‘modern’ bird
A prehistoric bird, akin to modern-day loons and grebes, has been identified as the oldest known ancestor of all living birds ... in the challenging waters off Antarctica roughly 69 million ...
How scientists are counting tiny critically important sea creatures from space
These tiny creatures may be no bigger than your little finger, but scientists plan to start counting them from space. Knowing ...