This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his journey ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

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Physicists recently mapped the hidden shape that underlies the quantum behaviors of a crystal, using a new method that’s expected to become ubiquitous. Famously, at the quantum scale, particles can be ...

After countless attempts and precision timing, Bunny Hop is finally verified – and it’s a wild ride. In this video, I showcase the full Demon-level gameplay, break down the hardest parts, and talk ...

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, today announced a significant enhancement to its Orbis Maps by offering immersive 3D lane geometry with ...

I didn’t find math particularly exciting when I was in high school. To be honest, I only studied it when I went to university because it initially seemed quite easy to me. But in my very first math ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence. She ...