Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ...

Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth's atmosphere ... Before Planned US Missile Strike Drills With Ally US House Is Likely to Kill EV Tax Credit, Speaker Johnson Says Monschau ...

then store it in ice houses: subterranean structures that kept it dark and cool. In ancient Persia, ice was stored in a yakhchāl: a large underground storage chamber with a tall conical roof that ...

Researchers have unearthed nearly 1,700 ancient virus species hidden within the glacial ice of the Himalayas. These viruses, around three-quarters of which were previously unknown to science ...

The melting Arctic permafrost could unleash ancient zombie viruses and trigger a catastrophic global health emergency, concerned scientists say. “We now face a tangible threat and we need to be ...

Million-year-old air preserved in ancient ice holds clues to a mystery that has stumped scientists for decades: Why did the ice ages that once transformed Earth every 40,000 years begin to occur ...

Cathy Whitlock co-authored the study on the ancient trees found in Wyoming. (Submitted by Cathy Whitlock) She says about 5,000 years ago, the climate started to cool and an ice patch developed.