Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

In over 200 locations globally, photojournalists with The Associated Press are trusted eyewitnesses to the world’s news, and have won 36 of AP’s 59 Pulitzer Prizes since the award was established in ...

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first ...

A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space today.

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

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National Geographic looked at more than 3,000 Instagram posts for our recent hashtag challenge to find the 10 most inspiring ...

The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...

Dive into the most groundbreaking and influential fantasy TV series of all time, from classics like Doctor Who to modern hits ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

Police investigators have been searching the charred shells of the tower blocks to gather evidence and determine the cause of ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...