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.

Varicella, known as chickenpox, is caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), with an estimated 84 million cases annually. It primarily affects children, for most of whom it is a self-limiting ...

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?

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 ...

A flight to Iceland was forced to divert to Scotland after strong winds saw it unable to land in the Nordic island nation. Neos flight NO4925 took off from Tenerife South Airport bound for ...

"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." ...