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By Dec 03, 2020
DIY

Turn soap bubbles into magical frozen orbs

Unleash your inner icemancer.

Frozen Bubble
By Jan 31, 2019
Science

What the heck is a frost quake?

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

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Dec 05, 2016
Health

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

Is there any reason to freeze your body after death?

By Jan 22, 2016
Environment

What To Expect From The Big East Coast Winter Storm

Brrrrrr

Jul 01, 2015
Animals

Frozen Fruit Fly Sex Is As Freaky As It Looks

But it could reveal more about how life is made

By Dec 11, 2013
Science

Why Do Pipes Burst?

And why do they always do it so uniformly?

By Jun 19, 2013
Science

A Cocktail Scientist Debunks Myths About Ice Cubes

The cold, hard facts

By 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 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 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