A database of 2.75 billion buildings could help scientists to monitor urban planning, climate change, disaster risks and even ...

Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...

Instability from Latin America to the Middle East risks spreading as conflicts, proxies, and shifting alliances shape 2026.

Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

People inside residential buildings within a cordoned-off perimeter on Brown University’s campus have been advised to remain sheltered in place.

CHICAGO - The windowless newsroom of The Phoenix, the Loyola University Chicago newspaper, hums like an old refrigerator. A ...

A team of Germany-based researchers recently unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, which is likely the most detailed 3D map of buildings ever developed. Introduced earlier this month, the database ...

A pretty scary map website allows you to really see what would happen if a nuclear blast was to take place near you. In ...

A moderately strong, 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Colombia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

An interactive map has shown the catastrophic damage that could be inflicted by a Russian nuclear strike on three strategic ...