1916: First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men. 1920: French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to win the ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

A collision and subsequent vehicle fire caused 4,118 PG&E Santa Rosa customers to be without power and a full closure of ...

The longest day of the year, and the official start of summer, has arrived in the U.S. The summer solstice takes place Friday, June 20, and will be both the longest day and shortest night of 2025 in ...

North Dakota's nuclear arsenal spreads over a vast area north of the bend in the Missouri River, with 150 Minuteman IIIs ...

If happiness had an address, it might just be Aunt Charlotte’s Candies in Merchantville, New Jersey – a confectionery ...

So it's a map of the North Pole and adjoining areas, and it was printed in what they call it Oxon, which is the, um, Latinized name for Oxford. So it was printed in England, and it's by Moses Pitt.

Thousands of years ago, Chinese astronomers studied the sky using an ancient record of constellations and their coordinates.

But then, when you see a polar bear and reindeer statue while walking along a path, you will learn that you are at The North Pole Amusement Park in Cascade, which is now open for its season, with ...

Kagge’s book itself is an exploration, not only of his 1990 journey to the North Pole, but of the history of humanity’s quest to stand on top of the world.

"I wanted so badly to set off for the North Pole this year, but without the necessary funding, it just isn't possible," she said. Capt Chandi earned two Guinness World Records after a 922-mile (1 ...

The magnetic north pole’s movement, which has suddenly accelerated toward Siberia this century, raises questions about what’s driving the unusual shift and why its motion matters.