The final 3D atlas of the sky will help scientists study dark matter and dark energy, which make up 96 percent of the ...

In the late 18th century, Poland disappeared from the political map of Europe and didn’t return until over a century later. But is the map the territory? Where was Poland when it wasn’t there? Culture ...

Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection ... Comparing the South American country (8,515,767 sq km) to the entire continent of Europe, which dominates most of the northern hemisphere ...

“Although part of the North American continent, geopolitically the island is part of Europe,” explains Nordic Corporation. It continued: “Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark but has ...

but much of present-day Europe is based on the lines drawn following the conflict sparked by Princip's bullet. (Pull cursor to the right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 to see ...

Even today it makes some archaeologists uncomfortable when geneticists draw bold arrows across maps of Europe. “This kind of simplicity leads back to Kossinna,” says Heyd, who’s German.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, wild oysters were so abundant in European oceans that they were a dietary staple for rich and ...

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is ... seven continents and five oceans. Europe is a continent.

The onset of autumn means many of Europe’s hiking trails run through ... with surrounding quintas (wine estates) providing maps for one- or multi-day treks and hikes. October and November ...

Unseasonably hot weather and low rainfall have dried out large areas of forest and grassland across much of Europe, creating good conditions for wildfires to spread. As you can see in this map of ...

Europe's Racial Disparities Cannot Be Untied ... slavery was a lucrative venture. By 1770, activities related to slavery accounted for 5.2% of GDP, according to the report. In Portugal, which ...

This wasn't always the case: Some of the earliest recipes for coleslaw, like the 1770 recipe published in the Dutch cookbook ... with the barbecue places we have in town is all over the map. Some are ...