It's now almost certain that the world's ice shelves are melting. And while satellites provide lots of data about their evolution, ground-based weather stations could be even more useful. But if ...

NASA scientists have unleashed a new robot on the arctic terrain of Greenland to demonstrate that its ability to operate with complete autonomy in one of Earth's harshest environments. Named GROVER, ...

This is not a story about how the polar vortex is bad—bad for the human body, bad for public transportation, bad for virtually everything in its path. This is a story about how one being among us is ...

A pillow to the face is a good way to silence the snorer you sleep with. Unless you’re the snorer. In that case you’d probably prefer to share a bed with Jukusui-kun, a robot polar bear that doubles ...

HANOVER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The Cool Robot is square, squat and slow, but its utilitarian beauty is clear to polar researchers who want a sturdy non-human helper to carry instruments over vast ...