Zealandia, considered a candidate for the Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. Geologists say they’ve now ...

Far beneath the waves of the southwest Pacific, scientists have finished charting a landmass so large and so coherent that it ...

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 ...

Eighty years ago, five planes vanished during a training run off the Florida coast. A patrol plane sent to search for the men ...

Guinea-Bissau can only expect messages of condemnation and threats of isolation from ECOWAS, the AU, and the UN. Such ...

On average, Africa’s tropical forests gained carbon until 2010, then lost it rapidly—especially between 2015 and 2017. Gains ...

The groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have been set. Here's a breakdown of the 48-team tournament, including a look at the ...

A slimmed-down vision of US interests puts business deals, migration control and “restraint” at the centre of American power.

There are a lot of misconceptions about the Arctic, from the whole concept of the North Pole, to the number of penguins who ...

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SF franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and even Battlestar Galactica or The Expanse receive a lot of credit for their ship ...

Octopath Traveler 0 brings the Champions of the Continent story to a crowd that may or may not have played it, such as myself.