Pokemon Go players used a U.S. government land survey to figure out where Silicobra spawns, and it actually works.

Cobra briefing.

How much water does the United States have underground? After years of research, scientists have an answer, with a new, ...

Flights to map aquifers in West Michigan are set to begin this month— and they involve a low-flying helicopter carrying a ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a method to differentiate the topography of medieval mountain castles ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its originally planned five-year mission and mapped more than ...

This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

Scientists have developed a new method to measure ocean surface currents over large areas in greater detail than ever before. Called GOFLOW (Geostationary Ocean Flow), the approach applies deep ...

A new study has found that most rare earth deposits – sources of metals essential for electronics and clean energy ...

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