The world is a big place. There is plenty to see on our planet: cities, mountains, and a lot of countries that can be tricky ...

Mapmakers of the 19th century sought to render both the natural and political worlds with clarity and beauty.

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

When people focus on mental images, their brains use a distinct route from visual attention, showing separate systems for ...

The fantasy and science fiction writer found her way into her invented worlds by making maps and then mentally exploring them.

An interactive map of Afghanistan, Project Athena is an archive to which veterans can upload photos, chronicling the war as ...

Conor Benn will aim to get revenge on the only man to ever defeat him inside a professional boxing ring on November 15th. Meeting Chris Eubank Jr. for a second time in London, Benn will look to ...

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

Protesters at the weekly hostages rally in Jerusalem read out the name of each of the hostages, living and dead, and punctuate each name with a call of “Returning!” to mark their upcoming release ...

A man from New Zealand made a big name for himself 35 years ago. In 1990, Laurence Gregory Watkins changed his legal name to include 2,253 unique words. Guinness World Records gave him the title of ...

Thirteen people were arrested Tuesday night in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest that turned violent on the Boston Common and left four police officers injured, including some with broken ...