You might have noticed that it’s pretty cold throughout much of the United States—frostbite-inducing,…

The time of great suffering is upon us. The polar vortex is ushering in a deep freeze across the Midwest that’s…

If you live in the Midwest, I’m sorry. All signs are pointing toward an extremely dangerous and potentially historic…

On Sunday, two of the nation’s greatest nemeses will be in Kansas City: the Patriots and the polar vortex.…

Nearly three thousand athletes have made their way to the Winter Olympic this month, and probably at least a couple…

While waiting for the bus in the dead of winter, you’ve probably wondered if taking a run around the block would…

Are you obsessed with packing light when you travel, even if it means not being prepared for the weather where…

When it comes to cooling things in the lab, scientists have long found an experimental lower limit just above the…

It doesn’t matter how fancy the office you work in is, it’s an unwritten rule that when winter arrives, you’re going…

Antarctica isn’t exactly a place I want to know more about. I mean, it’s cold, it’s dark, and it’s probably not…

Muskoxen look like mythical creatures, stuff you’d see in a museum or on a TV show. That’s because they’re animals…

Here is footage taken using the military spec Selex Merlin thermal imaging camera of a shirtless man in the Scottish…

If you were idly wondering what it might be like to visit the High Canadian Arctic in the dead of winter, this…

Well, are you? Here’s a comprehensive guide to staying warm, staying dry and staying active when it’s cold outside.…

Impressive aerial photo of New York surrounded by ice taken from the southern tip of Manhattan—tiny icebergs and ice…

Pick your pop culture reference—the Fortress of Solitude or Hoth—and brush the mountains in cotton candy white and…

This monster snow plow, the TowPlow, totally looks like it's drifting and dangerously flying through the snow…

In the latest installment of Mental Floss' debunk-tastic series Misconceptions, Elliott Morgan serves up factual…

If you've ever experienced the overwhelming "flash snowstorm" that is lake effect snow, you know that the sudden…

Weird things happen in the winter cold. At the River Dee in Scotland, that includes dozens of recently discovered…