Humans have managed to put a whole bunch of stuff in orbit around the Earth, and keeping track of it all is a serious endeavor. Visualizing the sheer number of objects we've managed to send into space ...

The real world is very complex, unlike what you see in movies and on TV. Our planet, with its varied cultures and societies, is not unlike a giant, cosmic onion. There are lots of different layers of ...

If you were born in the last 30 years, there’s a good chance you’ve never actually had to rely on a paper map. You might have seen them at amusement parks or folded up in the glove compartment of your ...

As we all know, people don’t like change. And chances are, if you’ve already upgraded to iOS 6, you’re missing Google Maps. Apple’s Maps app is homegrown, organic, free-range, and not fed any ...

In the age of Google and Waze, maps may seem redundant. But Betsy Mason, co-author with Greg Miller of All Over the Map, published by National Geographic Books, explains that maps can do much more ...

Africa is not a country. It's an entire continent filled with an amazing, unparalleled diversity of languages, peoples and nations, some of the latter among the most heavily urbanized places on the ...

The universe is so vast and old that we can’t possibly fathom it all. But we can make some pretty admirable efforts. Take this stunning new map, put together by astronomers at Johns Hopkins University ...

Ever since Google released Google Maps in early 2005, the search giant hasn't taken its foot off the gas. Over the last 17-plus years, Google has steadily added a plethora of new features to its ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York City serves as a shining example of a bustling metropolis, having recently been dubbed the greatest city in the world by a TimeOut survey. However, it wasn’t always the ...