Construction of ski slopes and ski jumps with snow cannons ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Credit - Mattia Ozbot—Getty Images Just before the Winter Olympics kicked off, Cortina ...

Italian snowmaking expert Davide Cerato will play a major role in skiing and snowboarding events at the upcoming Olympics. He is responsible for perfecting several of the courses that will feature in ...

Plastic snow, otherwise known as government snow or fake snow, has been making the rounds on social media after the recent winter storm. Adaleigh Rowe puts the conspiracy theory "up in flames." US ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. MILAN — After heavy snowfall days earlier, the weekend forecast for Cortina d’Ampezzo, site of women’s Alpine ...

Memphis city council members Pearl Eva Walker and Yolanda Cooper Sutton (and many other people online) say that snow is fake. Sutton recently posted a video on her Facebook page to demonstrate the ...

It's that time of the year when a lot of us are settling in to rewatch favorite holiday movies. And what would holiday movies be without snow? Fake snow, to be precise. NPR producer Danny Hensel looks ...

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, Italy, was a slushy affair. And the Paralympics, which start March 6, may be more of the same. From ice rinks to ski slopes, conditions were warmer and wetter ...

There are snowflakes on the Starbucks cups, served with their sleighfuls of Michael Bublé, and on the oily wrappers of sausage and biscuit sandwiches. There are giant, crystalline flakes in the ...

Amid the West’s worst snow drought in modern history, several ski areas are attempting a novel approach: Storing up artificial snow and preserving it until next ski season. Known as “snow farming,” ...