Perhaps the most unusual weather event was a volcanic eruption that once caused hundreds of entrants to miss the race.

The glacier is known for its distinctive black streaks, which were formed when ash from eruptions of the nearby Katla and Eyjafjallajökull volcanoes settled on the ice, and were later covered in ...

Last month, two writers from The Scientist and about 350 other reporters were among 1,800 participants at the inaugural EuroScience Open Forum in Stockholm. The meeting was billed as "the first ...