At a time when knowledge of the world was fragmented and based on travelers’ and merchants’ accounts, one man set out to ...

People in Mexico will still see the name Gulf of Mexico, with international users seeing both names, Google said. The change ...

Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first ...

The U.S. has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The question, though, is whether this is important ...

"People using Maps in the U.S. will see 'Gulf of America,' and people in Mexico will see 'Gulf of Mexico,' Google said in a ...

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be monitored and ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

Ever since the Age of Exploration, surveying has played a crucial role in the mapping of our world. This article delves into ...

A new moon is when the sun and moon share the same celestial longitude, a position also called conjunction. At new phase, you ...

For 45 years, the Alien movie franchise has seen the Xenomorphs terrorize poor groups of humans on various spaceships and planets (most recently in the 2024 movie Alien: Romulus), but now the iconic ...

With modern GPS, we often don’t think too hard about how to navigate, but GPS does not work very well on the open sea. That is why modern ships are equipped with technology such as radar and a ...