Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...

In the 1920s and ’30s, clerks at The Times collected stamps from overseas mail. The postage tells of a fluid world history.

Remote, windswept, and harsh, the isle is classified as a polar desert, with barren mountains rising above frost-worn beaches ...

These amazing feats of engineering allow trains to navigate the steepest valleys and cross the deepest rivers.

Image: A soldier near the front in Khartoum, Sudan Maps tracking each side's areas ... the largest and fastest displacement crisis in the world. The latest UN data suggests that 12.8 million ...

Did you know that the little yellow fella you drag in Google Maps Street View is called Pegman? It's not the most practical tip, but you'll find the ones below useful. You can change many Google ...

20 February 2025 — Today, Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa and World Bank Group President Ajay Banga signed a groundbreaking new cofinancing partnership. The Full Mutual Reliance ...

Since 1973, Freedom House has assessed the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world. It is used on a regular basis by policymakers, journalists, academics, activists, and ...

Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) was the world’s first female professor of mathematics. She taught at Stockholm University, where she was awarded a Professorial Chair. Born in Russia, she entered into a ...

The National Map Museum is to display various maps from foreign countries which have the East Sea and Dokdo marked on them, starting Friday. The exhibition will show 49 original maps of the East Sea ...