New Priorities
The National Science Foundation’s 2016 budget request to Congress calls for $7.7 billion, which represents a 5.2 percent increase over last year. The FY16 budget...
Month : November 2022
Where are IceCube’s neutrinos coming from?
Thanks to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, scientists have identified several types of cosmic structures that produce neutrinos....
American Ingenuity
Two Americans inspired by tales of heroism in the age of exploration in Antarctica had a hand in ensuring that part of the continent’s early...
Antarctic fossils shed new light on the lives of ancient amphibians
Fossils of extinct amphibians found in Antarctica are helping paleontologists reconstruct how these ancient creatures once roamed the planet and understand how life evolved in...
Project Complete
Completion of the conservation work at Discovery Hut in January marked the conclusion of a decade-long effort to protect three of the first human-built structures...
Forever chemicals lingering in Antarctic marine mammals
New research finds Antarctic seals and killer whales still have persistent organic pollutants stored in their blubber, despite many countries having phased out production of...
Sorting It Out
A scavenger bird of the Antarctic, skua is also the adopted name for the collection of miscellaneous items that USAP participants leave behind for use...
Ocean giants’ appetites are larger than we thought
Blue whales eat seven Space Shuttles worth of food every year, new research finds...
Passing of a Legend
Those who knew Capt. Pieter J. Lenie – the scientists who depended on him to reach the unreachable and the crew that depended upon him...
Antarctic microbe produces potential cancer-fighting drug
Researchers map the genetic machinery behind a natural anti-cancer compound from Antarctica for the first time...
