Nordic combined, one of the oldest Winter Olympic sports, is facing an uncertain future. It may not survive beyond the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The sport is unique because it is the only Olympic ...

Nordic combined, a mixture of cross-country skiing and ski jumping, is back at the 2026 Winter Olympics. There are three Nordic combined events: men's individual normal hill/10km race, men's ...

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BORMIO, Italy -- Swiss skiers Franjo von Allmen and Tanguy Nef stormed back to win gold in the team combined Monday as the event made its Olympic debut at the Milan Cortina Games. In fourth place ...

For more than a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the atomic ...

Two days after a heartbreaking fourth in the Olympic downhill, Jacqueline Wiles was staring at a similar storyline from the bottom of the Olympia delle Tofane course on Tuesday morning in Cortina. The ...

The Loh Down on Science is the fun way to get your daily dose of science -- in less than two minutes! Writer/performer and Caltech alumna Sandra Tsing Loh explains the world of science with a dash of ...

We like to think that animals follow the crowd. If most of the group does something, surely the individual will copy. But what if the story is more complicated? What if the deciding factor isn't just ...

A newly detected X-ray transient may reveal the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole consuming a white dwarf. A newly observed cosmic outburst is giving astronomers a rare glimpse ...

Team GB have won double gold on a “Super Sunday” at the Winter Olympics after Matt Weston delivered a stunning performance in ...

Schools around the world have closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, leaving parents and teachers scrambling to figure out how kids can learn at home. We can help! Science News Explores and the ...

This striking image from the science camera on ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) shows interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS spewing dust and gas. The tiny nucleus of the comet (not visible) is ...