An international research team has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface of the Earth has bent over the last ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

Karen Wynn Fonstad was a cartographer who exhaustively mapped J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” She used a grid system to index ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa have called for a universal practice of surveying patients about their physical activity levels ... a free app brought to you by Eric Ralls and Earth.com.

In a related study, published this month in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Carr's team found that when healthcare providers billed for providing exercise counseling to patients ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map ... these features will really push scientific developments forward, including tectonic theories," study co-author Yao Yu, a physical ...