New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing ...

IN SOME PARTS of the West, children of healthy weight have become the exception. In poor countries, childhood obesity is spreading faster than ever before. The problem is not new: the percentage of ...

PLENTY OF HUMAN errors helped make this month’s wildfires in Los Angeles County so destructive. Poor urban development and regulations on insurance companies encouraged the region’s vast population to ...

A new digital map of the road network that once connected the Roman Empire has been created, revealing a staggeringly vast constellation of interlocking routes. Named Itiner-e, the new digital map ...