2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (681+ words) ore than a month after the summer solstice, Fairbanks is still the land of the midnight sun. Joggers are out getting in their late-night runs along Farmers Loop, and we still don’t need our headlights after another evening ice cream…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (691+ words) Note: This article was originally published 30 years ago, on Aug. 7, 1996. Brian Barnes and author Ned Rozell have since retired from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and scientists now know that the wood frog’s internal body temperature can dip to 0.6 degrees…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (422+ words) by Jennifer “Moss” Moss A new spectrometer facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will let researchers see chemical components of materials in the parts-per-trillion range, advancing environmental science across Alaska. The UAF International Arctic Research Center will build the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (481+ words) hen large storms hit Western Alaska, some areas fare much worse than others. New research studying ex-Typhoon Merbok in September 2022 has found that a complex recipe of topography, tidal influences and seasonal water-level changes contribute to those differences. A University…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (792+ words) Before being patched with thick black asphalt during recent weeks, the roads across Goldstream Creek’s swampy valley bucked my car like a whitewater raft in the Nenana River canyon. This is not news. I’ve bobbed over these road waves for…...