9 Great Reads From CNET This Week: Antarctica, Nvidia, Star Wars and More

We bring you a series of stories from a breathtaking trip to Antarctica. Plus: Nvidia's powerful new AI chip, hopes for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, and lots more besides.

Antarctica: It's cold, it's got penguins and it's a long, long way from wherever you live. All true, but there's a whole lot more to it than that. Starting with: It's a lot closer to you than you think, given how the effects of climate change there will impact places around the world.

Plus, it's just plain fascinating. CNET's Jackson Ryan traveled there for more than a month over the winter (Antarctica's summer), and came back with lots of stories to tell, focused on the science being done and the scientists doing that good work. You can read about ice core drilling, traveling on an icebreaker, studying sea life, unlocking the secrets of a meteorite and keeping non-native species at bay.

Those stories are among the many in-depth features and thought-provoking commentaries that appeared on CNET this week. So here you go. These are the stories you don't want to miss.

Hunting Antarctica's Holy Grail, Deep Beneath the Ice
An ambitious experiment to drill into the ice sheet and travel a million years into the past.