Whenever I see Kim McAdams, she is never wearing shoes. Every year, she checks my car emissions from her workstand at a parking lot in Roswell, Georgia. In the four years that I’ve known her, come ...

Earth's orbit is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. Earth's distance from the Sun varies by about 3 million miles throughout the year. Earth's orbit's semimajor axis is approximately 93 million miles.

After a long day, there's little doubt that walking through nature or sitting in a park can be restorative. But according to proponents of "grounding", it's not the environment that makes you feel ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 22, 2024, 01:51pm EDT Sep 27, 2024, 12:28am EDT Reconstructed ...

Alfred Wilson-Spencer receives funding from NERC grants NE/T000228/1 and NE/V010867/1. Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth’s inner core — a solid ball of iron and ...

When electric fencing equipment fails to do the job this is often caused by insufficient earthing of the system, according to a leading beef and sheep grazier. Powerful energisers and high-quality ...

Google Earth VR was an early and enchanting app for the first generation of modern PC VR headsets, but unfortunately it never made the leap to the standalone era. Now a new app, FLY, brings the magic ...

I am a clinical psychologist with 20 years of experience helping clients manage physical and mental wellness with evidence-based strategies. I thought I was well-versed in emotion regulation ...

The reason for this update is the barycenter. Our early conceptions of planets orbiting perfectly around the Sun might need to be slightly revised. While the Sun is unquestionably dominant in our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A single rotation of our planet takes 24 hours and ...

Google Earth combines satellite imagery and aerial photography to create a rich picture of earth. You can use Google Earth online, on your smartphone or tablet, or on its desktop app — all for free.