One of the biggest navigation challenges is knowing where you are in the open ocean without tools or devices. This remarkable ...

A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different ...

Twice every year, Manhattanhenge captivates New Yorkers and tourists alike as the sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan's street grid. The event is a favorite of photographers and often brings people ...

In the coming days ahead, if any of your friends or relatives remark to you that they saw a "strange UFO" on the way to work or school, you now can set them straight. Early morning risers who head out ...

Venus is moving toward a dramatic finale in early 2025, when it will dazzle as the "evening star" after sunset. Here's when to catch it at its brilliant best. When you purchase through links on our ...

This summer I worked with Professor of Geography William Meyer on a project titled, “State, Local, and City Parks and the Worthless Lands Thesis.” The “worthless lands” thesis, proposed by the ...

For most of human history, grandparents and grandchildren were close—geographically and emotionally. But today, long-distance grandparenting is becoming increasingly prevalent as grandparents and ...

I have a container with fruits and a container with a basket. I am dragging a fruit into the basket container, and on the basket's drop event, I need to understand the distance from the edge of the ...

The 2024 total solar eclipse path traverses the U.S., beginning in the Pacific Ocean at 12:39 p.m. EDT and concluding in the North Atlantic Ocean at 3:55 p.m. EDT, with a total duration of 3 hours, 16 ...