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By Sarah Keartes Dec 3, 2020

DIY

Turn soap bubbles into magical frozen orbs

Unleash your inner icemancer.

By Sara Chodosh Jan 31, 2019

Science

What the heck is a frost quake?

Heard a big boom during a polar vortex? Here's what's up.

Dec 5, 2016

Health

Will a cryogenically-frozen corpse ever come back to life?

Is there any reason to freeze your body after death?

By Mary Beth Griggs Jan 22, 2016

Environment

What To Expect From The Big East Coast Winter Storm

Brrrrrr

Jul 1, 2015

Animals

Frozen Fruit Fly Sex Is As Freaky As It Looks

But it could reveal more about how life is made

By Lindsey Kratochwill Dec 11, 2013

Science

Why Do Pipes Burst?

And why do they always do it so uniformly?

By Paul Adams Jun 19, 2013

Science

A Cocktail Scientist Debunks Myths About Ice Cubes

The cold, hard facts

By Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot Jun 11, 2012

Gadgets

Kitchen Alchemy: The Frigid Power of the Blast Chiller

How a blast of freezing air improves everything from shellfish to pies

By Clay Dillow Jul 29, 2010

Science

By Manipulating Condensation Conditions, Researchers Create Room-Temperature Ice

In a breakthrough so hot it’s cool, Spanish researchers have figured out how to make water freeze at room temperature....

By Stuart Fox Jun 25, 2009

Science

Scientists Discover Two New Forms of Ultra-Cold Liquid Water

Just in time for summer: water that stays fluid at –183°C

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Turn soap bubbles into magical frozen orbs

What the heck is a frost quake?

Will a cryogenically-frozen corpse ever come back to life?

What To Expect From The Big East Coast Winter Storm

Frozen Fruit Fly Sex Is As Freaky As It Looks

Why Do Pipes Burst?

A Cocktail Scientist Debunks Myths About Ice Cubes

Kitchen Alchemy: The Frigid Power of the Blast Chiller

By Manipulating Condensation Conditions, Researchers Create Room-Temperature Ice

Scientists Discover Two New Forms of Ultra-Cold Liquid Water