A large section of the horizontal border looks incredibly straight on most world maps. In particular, the 2,027-kilometer ...

For instance, in English we use sense or feel. In German, there are several corresponding words, one of which is wahrnehmen, ...

Many people in the English-speaking world would have learned in school that there are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North ...

Lydia Polgreen speaks to the former New York Times bureau chief Howard W. French about the cost of not engaging with Africa.

Earth’s eighth continent, Zealandia, has been largely unrecognized and “missing” from maps for 375 years. This mostly ...

If you’re looking for a fun and exciting way to explore the country, a road trip might be just what you need. With so many ...

The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 map has an actual name. No, it's not "Fucked-Up France," despite what all of the imagery in ...

Today, 1.4 billion people call the continent home. By 2050, that number is projected to swell to nearly 2.5 billion, with young Africans comprising almost 40 per cent of the world’s youth population.

It’s no secret that the Romans liked to build roads. But European researchers say they've discovered an extra 100,000 ...

At its zenith in the second century AD, the Roman Empire encompassed more than 55 million inhabitants stretching from Britain to Egypt and Syria. While historians have long recognized that an ...

Beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface lies a hidden world that could change how we see our planet. If the vast white expanse of Antarctica were to lose its frozen shell, an astonishingly rugged and ...

A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:43 a.m. Philippine time about 12 miles east of ...