The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

Miles beneath the ocean there are numerous sunken lands just waiting to be discovered. How did these lost lands form, and ...

With eight billion people, we use a lot of the Earth's resources in ways that are likely unsustainable. Klaus Hubacek, ...

The fourth edition of the Africa Financial Industry Summit will examine how to make the continent’s financial industry a ...

This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...

Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.

A widely shared map shows existing river barriers in Valencia, not dams removed prior to deadly floods, contrary to social ...

The NFL's international games, such as the Panthers and Giants facing off in Munich, have helped to build American football's ...

While Britain, Argentina, Australia, Norway, France, New Zealand and Chile have long held territorial claims over the vast ...

A landmass which was once home to up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia. The ...

If you went to school in the US or the UK, you probably learned that there are seven continents. But that number really depends on where you grew up. Elsewhere, you probably learned that there are ...

The idea of a round-the-world connection between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia has long been on the minds of various individuals and media outlets. A Bering Strait crossing is a hypothetical ...