US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday (January 7) that he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of ...

New research from Macquarie University has pinpointed likely locations of essential metals crucial for advancing a green ...

A detailed map of Antarctica, once thought impossible, has become a reality. The continent, the last great wilderness on ...

The modern understanding of the plate tectonic cycle predicts that remnants of submerged plates will be found near subduction zones. However, a new high-resolution model shows that these remnants can ...

Quark Expeditions pilot Jonathan Mutch is working his third season in Antarctica. He says it's not unusual to see guests well ...

An incredible map can help you work out where you are in the UK with the numbers that appear on motorway signs - with a bit of work. The allocation of numbers for A-roads is based on a so-called ...

More than 420 new whooping cough cases were reported across the U.S. for the week ending on December 21, bringing the cumulative year-to-date case number surging past 33,300 as health officials ...

In a pointed rebuttal to the growing anti-LGBTQ+ movement spreading across the African continent, leaders championing Africa’s so-called “pink economy” gathered recently in Cape Town to ...

The tradition of high-tech sleigh tracking began in 1955, when a young child mistakenly called a Colorado military command center and asked for Santa. The officer on duty played along. [Source ...

One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.” Residents in the West Bank have long complained that missing and outdated data on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SteveAllenPhotoGetty Images Antarctica is Earth's frozen continent. Covering 5.5 ...

Africa could one day be 'split into two' after a huge crack that continues to grow appeared in the continent. Go back 200 million years, and our seven continents were all concentrated together in one ...