Ireland is set to lead the most ambitious research project ever attempted to assess the impact of the Vikings on the modern world and how we perceive the Scandinavian warriors who rampaged across ...

Plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought—and may be a big ...

"We expected to see some greening, but I don't think we were expecting it on the scale that we reported here," researcher Tom ...

An international study led by astronomers from Swinburne University of Technology has created the most detailed maps of gravitational waves across the universe to date.

Taken in isolation, they could just about be explained away as coincidences – freak accidents, one-off attacks, unfortunate ...

Data from NASA satellites show a plunge in freshwater on Earth since May 2014, with 13 of the 30 most powerful droughts ...

The nonprofit behind the tool wants people to learn the history of the spaces they inhabit Smithsonian magazine Editor’s note, November 19, 2024: Due to concerns over the accuracy of a map ...

The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of ... noticeable on any accurate map, Murphy said. Another telltale hint that Earth's continents were all one land mass ...

Elon Musk wants to change the way we fly. The billionaire tech mogul is pushing forward with SpaceX’s plans to launch “Earth to Earth” space travel, offering intercontinental flights that ...

Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been closed, thanks to a team led by Dr. Johann P. Klages from the Alfred ...

Navigation apps already know where stop signs and traffic lights are located, mainly because vehicles on the road stop in front of them. These applications collect traffic data that help them ...