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When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

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This is the context for the Mercator map, the one that shows Greenland looking like a hulking prize to Donald Trump. The Mercator was first introduced in 1569 by a Flemish geographer, and by the 1700s ...

With a synchronized tap from run-of-the-mill hammers on metal plates resting on the ground, researchers kneeling in nine ...

For more than a century, engineers have chased new ways to turn the planet’s natural motions into usable power, from tides to geothermal heat. Now a small group of physicists says Earth’s own magnetic ...

Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experiment ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology, or when the first primitive life forms appeared. But what ...

Seán Jordan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

In the 1970s, two of England's most high profile rock stars David Bowie and Jimmy Page bonded over a shared interest in the ...