While Syrians around the world are celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, they are still cautious about what comes next.

A fleet of satellites has been used to monitor glaciers worldwide using optical, radar, laser and gravity measurements. From top: CryoSat, Terra, ICESat, and the twin GRACE spacecraft, above a map of ...

People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...

The premium crime show, co-produced by Finland's Take Two Studios and Iceland's Sagafilm, has started filming in Iceland.

And then, we will check out the Lava Exhibition Center and delve into Iceland’s past and present volcanic eruptions that ...

For centuries, the world has accepted the idea that Earth is divided into seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America. However, a recent study is ...

Thule is less known than other places in classical mythology like Atlantis. But Thule actually existed. The prickly question is, where was it?

You had to catch a plane to Kangerlussuaq, a tiny town 320 kilometres away and the site of a former US Air Force base and, from there, fly in a hair-raising turboprop. Even the official visitor ...

In Southern Albania, scientists have confirmed the discovery of what is now believed to be the world’s largest known underground thermal lake. A Czech research team led by cave explorer Marek Audy ...

For years I've railed against the ways sandbox games lean on fast travel to paper over boring maps or ... into the world in ...

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

"Never before in history has such a large group of people been brought from poverty to prosperity, (and) the implications of the economic rise of China have been felt all around the world." ...