Some of the most popular open-world games feature modern-day settings, often including either real-life countries or cities ...

A few decades ago, it was incredible to imagine a theme park surpassing the size and scope of California’s Disneyland — but Walt Disney World, which opened on this day, Oct. 1, in 1971, did ...

The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the Babylonians believed lay beyond the known world at the time.

A World War II-era map that allegedly leads to loot stashed by Nazis has sparked a treasure hunt in a small Dutch village. The small village outside Amsterdam has a population of 715.

If the geopolitical divisions of the modern world had existed when Stegosauruses roamed the earth, the world might have looked something like this map by Italian blogger Massimo Pietrobon ...

Here’s how he redrew the map of the world. He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32.

Modern-day Atlantis wiped off map by huge storm is discovered 700 years after grim past Rungholt, in modern-day Germany, was once a thriving port town that housed people from all over Europe with ...

New maps are also coming to Modern Warfare, in addition to the 16 core launch maps. On release day, you'll be able to check out "four huge environments containing a host of new play spaces." ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Robin Murphy, professor at Texas A&M University, about the through line between a science fiction novel and the current state of AI and automation.

Mysterious 4,000-Year-Old 'Treasure Map' May Reveal Ancient World. Published Oct 18, 2023 at 7:38 AM EDT Updated Oct 18, ... have been compared to the modern-day maps through network analyses." ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Robin Murphy, professor at Texas A&M University, about the through line between a science fiction novel and the current state of AI and automation.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Robin Murphy, professor at Texas A&M University, about the through line between a science fiction novel and the current state of AI and automation.