The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new interactive learning space for very young children has opened at Richland Library's Main location on Assembly Street in downtown Columbia. Geared to help encourage imaginative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This McDonald's restaurant in Taupo, New Zealand, is located inside a decommissioned plane.Jam Travels/Shutterstock Some ...

From the latest skyscraper in a Chinese megalopolis to a six‑foot‑tall yurt in Inner Mongolia, researchers at the Technical University of Munich claim they have created a map of all buildings ...

Physical maps might feel out of date in our smartphone and GPS age but maps aren’t just for navigation. They are windows into history, culture and how we perceive the world. We visit a map library in ...

ForbesWomen Editor Maggie McGrath sat down with Forbes to discuss the logistics and metrics behind the publication's list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. McGrath touches on the $37 trillion in ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1525 map is the first ever printed in a bible, but there’s just one problem: it was printed backwards. The document nonetheless stands as a transition point between the ...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but... From 400-year-old globes to cosmic shrouds: A Maine ...

PORTLAND, Maine — For many of us, GPS has been a game changer - a tap, a voice, a turn-by-turn path, will get you there. But there is something special about a physical map that the GPS in your car or ...