Old maps are rife with phantom islands. Sometimes these nonexistent landmasses come about because of mistakes made by sailors or cartographers; sometimes they can be traced back to folklore or legends ...

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 ...

Routes between North America, Europe, and Asia routinely cross Greenland, northern Canada, or the Arctic Ocean. At the same time, scheduled commercial flights almost never cross Antarctica, even when ...

In 2025, a “storm” of budget cuts, early retirements, and federal government downsizing led to dramatic cuts in National ...

As refineries shut down across Europe, Africa should be seizing its moment. Instead, the continent is stuck in a crippling ...

For many savers, hitting $1 million in a retirement account feels like crossing a finish line. In reality, it is the starting ...

The Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) market is gaining strong momentum driven by rising industrial automation, smart infrastructure adoption, and rapid advances in low-power IoT technologies. Expanding ...

The latest climate projections are no longer just abstract warnings about rising seas or hotter summers, they are starting to ...

Beijing deployed a naval task group to the waters around Australia for three related reasons. First, to demonstrate the reach ...

As the rains intensified and communication channels faltered, one question echoed across the island: How can Sri Lanka ...

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In a heartwarming twist this holiday season, Back Roads Bill invited none other than Santa Claus to answer some of the most ...