When you step onto an icy sidewalk or push off on skis, the surface can seem to vanish beneath you. For more than a century, ...

Conventional wisdom is that ice is slippery because it has a thin layer of water on top, but new research suggests something ...

The reason we can glide gracefully across an ice rink is because the surface of the ice is covered with a thin film of water. Scientists believe that this lubricating liquid layer makes the ice ...

Technically, there are 15 sports on the docket of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. But if you think about it—like, really think about it—they all revolve around one single, shared objective. Unlike the ...

Most people don’t wear crampons to the office, or keep trekking poles at their desk. But in some areas of Yakima, mountaineering gear might be a smart idea, given the compacted snow that’s turned ...

With this weekend's snow storm on the way, you also need to keep an eye out for ice - especially while walking on driveways and sidewalks. Winter boots can protect you from the snow, but no amount of ...