SINGAPORE – Every two months, Chan Kok Yew steps into the entry-restricted Curry Room at Polar Puffs & Cakes’ Woodlands factory. There, he makes the spice blend that powers the 3,500 chicken curry ...

Researchers from National Taiwan University break traditional frameworks by unveiling a new symmetry-transition mechanism in ZrO 2 thin films, achieving ultra-stable antiferroelectric behavior for up ...

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary. By Eric Niiler The population of polar bears in Norway’s ...

Scientists have reported some rare good news from the Arctic. As the climate changes and the ice melts, in one region at least, polar bears are thriving — finding new ways to survive, and even packing ...

Polar bears are the poster children of climate change—and for good reason. These giant bears hunt, mate and spend their days hanging out on Arctic sea ice, which is rapidly disappearing as the climate ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...

With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. Subscribe to read ...