Planet walk in Fairbanks puts things in perspective
With each step representing 2.5 million miles, trekkers can get a sense of the vast universe.
Science
Researcher works to honor scientific legacy of Alaska pilot who died in North Slope crash
Jim Webster enabled a wide range of studies with safe flying and hands-on support of scientific teams on the tundra, say researchers who knew him.
‘Zombie fires’ are erupting in Siberia and Alaska, signaling a severe northern wildfire season may lie ahead
The wildfires can burrow into rich organic material, such as the vast peatlands that ring the Arctic, and smolder under the snowpack throughout the frigid winter.
Amid accuracy concerns, Alaska providers use Abbott COVID-19 testing machines with safeguards in place
Out of 360 Abbott test results that the state’s public health lab has double-checked, one negative test ended up coming back positive during confirmatory testing.
COVID-19 knocked him down, but this tough Alaskan hopes others can learn from his story
Greg Finstad, a reindeer biologist at UAF and marathon runner, wants to be a cautionary tale as to the danger of the coronavirus.
Dinosaurs once strode the Bering Land Bridge
Skeleton found recently in Japan is very similar to fossils found throughout Alaska.
A massive landslide-caused tsunami could hit Prince William Sound in the next year, scientists warn
Alaska officials are asking fishermen and mariners to avoid Barry Arm until the dangers are better understood.
We have been grounded, but migrating birds have not
The spring bird migration has continued uninterrupted while much of the human population has been cooped up.
Explosion of beavers on the Baldwin Peninsula is part of their march north of the Arctic Circle
How the beavers got to the Baldwin Peninsula, which is surrounded by salt water and extends north of the Arctic Circle, is anyone’s guess.
In Fairbanks, the state virology lab remains busy during a quiet time of pandemic
The Alaska State Virology Laboratory on the UAF campus has remained busy with technicians testing swabs for COVID-19.
The life of Riley, former leader of once-mighty Denali wolf pack, reaches its end
While most wolves are lucky to live past 6, this matriarch lived to nearly 11.
Do you have questions about COVID-19? Us too. Here are a few answers.
Does freezing the virus kill it? Is the state tracking how many Alaskans recover from the illness? Should you wear a mask now?
Archaeological sites show how people lived in a part of the Brooks Range known for extreme weather
Despite Howard Pass’s history of extreme weather, archaeologists have found hundreds of house remains, tent rings, food-storage pits ands scattered stone chips from tool makers.
Lessons from Alaska walrus bones, dusty and stinky
Walrus bones can provide a wealth of information to scientists, but they aren’t always clean or odor-free.
The secret life of a red fox family
A year’s worth of observation allows for the documentation of the growth and eventual split of the family.
Scientists locked in ice planned for North Pole’s hazards. Then came the coronavirus.
After four months in near-total isolation, the scientists are returning to a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.
How an Alaska village grave led to a Spanish flu breakthrough
Samples taken from preserved bodies buried in permafrost helped develop a vaccine for the Spanish flu.
A scientific expedition to the top of the earth
The UAF Geophysical Institute’s Melinda Webster joins other scientists on a research vessel in Arctic Ocean.
How a fault that stretches from the Yukon to Interior Alaska slides Canadian gold into the state
Geologists have found matching rocks on either side of the Tintina Fault more than 200 miles apart.
Your questions about the new coronavirus, answered
How does testing in Alaska work? How long can the virus last on surfaces? Is it safe to fly through Sea-Tac?