Science & Tech

If you thought this past winter was warmer, wetter, and grayer than normal…well, you’re right.

Under its own power, an earthworm gains about 30 feet of new territory each year. But that does not help explain how worms got to Alaska.

A scientist named Victor Hessler once made an aurora detector by driving two metal rods in the ground a few hundred feet apart and stringing a wire between them.

If a lake drains on top of the world, will anyone hear it?

Wednesday morning, shortly after 10 o’clock, the state will be testing the tsunami warning system around coastal Alaska.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Friday that Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent on Feb. 25.