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Dubbed “Valeriana” by researchers, the city of 50,000 peaked around 800 AD before being swallowed by the jungle.

In 1900, the UK clearly was the richest country in Europe. That’s no longer the case.

Absence makes the heart (and public opinion) grow fonder.

This first-of-its-kind image offers a detailed look at the magnetic fields within the Central Molecular Zone.

Most counties in the U.S. have only one local newspaper, often one that publishes weekly instead of daily.

The salinity of the oceans is not just a matter of taste. Saltier water behaves differently, too.

The hidden story behind Greek surnames and how they trace family origins across the country — starting with the name of a would-be U.S. president.

In post-Soviet nations where ministers have a relatively high BMI, corruption tends to be high, too.

“It’s only natural for us to get America back,” quipped Kim Kielsen, former prime minister of Greenland, in 2019.

In 1980, Willy Brandt drew a line across the map that still influences how we think about the world.

Economics and religion help to explain the gap.

How has tennis changed in recent decades? The wear and tear on Wimbledon’s Centre Court may tell the tale.

The Roman Empire at one point emitted roughly 3,600 tons of lead dust per year, causing “widespread cognitive decline.”

Thanks to the Coriolis force, hurricanes never cross the equator.

The Gallup World Poll reveals regional peaks and valleys of happiness across all of the continents.

“Gyroscope-on-a-chip” technology could soon enable us to navigate over long distances without GPS.

“The Big Map of Who Lived When” plots the lifespans of historical figures — from Eminem all the way back to Genghis Khan.

Across the subterranean United States, not all rocks were created equally.

The $21.5-billion project could involve tunneling hundreds of feet under Lake Geneva.

Early modern humans interbred with Neanderthals — and scientists recently pinpointed a key site of contact.

19 rooms. 1,636 square feet. 1,800 years of history.

Waistlines are expanding in most countries, except for a skinny list of nations bucking the trend.

Common knowledge says the maximum size of a PDF is as big as 40% of Germany — but that’s a gross underestimate.

Because of their large and unfriendly neighbor to the east, the Baltics would rather be Scandinavian.

The Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order would be just one quarter the size of Vatican City.

A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.

A new railway will switch the Baltic region’s train gauge from Soviet to standard European — a megaproject with political, economic, and military dimensions.

A basement renovation project led to the archaeological discovery of a lifetime: the Derinkuyu Underground City, which housed 20,000 people.

You could call this rectangle covering parts of Iran, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula the “Oven Window.”

The Trojan War was fought in Finland and Ulysses sailed home to Denmark, says one controversial theory.