Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth, yet only 20% of the seafloor has yet been mapped. But Seabed 2030, a joint project ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger.

The Australia-based startup has successfully tested quantum-based tools that avoid the pitfalls of both GPS and traditional ...

Sarah Lynch Baldwin is a deputy managing editor of CBSNews.com. She helps lead national and breaking news coverage and shapes editorial workflows. Brian Dakss is a longtime New York-based editor and ...

Davey Johnson, the manager of the 1986 World Series-winning New York Mets, died at 82, according to Jay Horwitz, the team’s longtime public relations director and historian. Horwitz wrote Saturday on ...

Scientists have uncovered microbial DNA preserved in mammoth remains dating back more than one million years, revealing the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recovered. By sequencing nearly ...

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic is now five years in the rearview mirror, but its effects continue to reverberate. While those leading the US healthcare system have embraced conspiracy theories and ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's ...

The idea that someone could pass away at “The Happiest Place on Earth” seems impossible — and it reportedly is. A former Disney World employee recently shared a shocking insider look at what happens ...

The PlayStation 3 era marked a major evolution in open-world design. With improved hardware came larger maps, more dynamic systems, and deeper player freedom, and the best open-world games allow ...

Multiple wildfires are burning across California, fueled by high temperatures, dry winds, and low humidity. Cooler weather and coastal fog are aiding firefighting efforts in some areas, but conditions ...