(THE CONVERSATION) From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just ...

A study published in Nature found some regions on Earth experience peak spring at unexpected times. Researchers found ...

Earth's atmospheric rivers are no longer traveling along their historical paths. They are shifting toward both poles, an ...

Plane-loving America, obviously, has more airports than any other country – more than 16,000, according to one count – but ...

Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth, yet only 20% of the seafloor has yet been mapped. The race to understand these ...

In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that has prompted a new African initiative, “Correct the Map,” calling for depictions that show Africa’s true scale. “For ...

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

Food Network Magazine recently declared the world's best hoagie, and surprisingly, it is not found in Philadelphia - but close.

Ecopia, founded in 2013, specializes in using artificial intelligence to extract features from high-resolution satellite imagery and build what it calls a “digital twin of the Earth.” Its machine ...

The Mercator map from 1569 distorts Africa’s true size and ‘downplays its importance,’ Africa No Filter’s executive director tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out ...