STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York City serves as a shining example of a bustling metropolis, having recently been dubbed the greatest city in the world by a TimeOut survey. However, it wasn’t always the ...

One of the best known and commonly used world maps, the Mercator Projection, depicts Greenland and Africa as being roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is 14 times larger. This clever animation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The earthquake hypocenters first appear as flashes then remain as ...

Electric vehicles are clearly the future, but their mass adoption is somewhat hindered by infrastructure rollout—namely, the charging stations that drivers need to keep them powered, especially on ...