There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity. Our ...

Google’s Earth app has been out of the news for several months but the company has been hard at work preparing two new experiences, starting with a partnership with Atlas Obscura and a new ...

Don’t think you’ll miss out on Earth Day’s 50th anniversary Wednesday because you can’t go anywhere. With Americans staying home because of the coronavirus pandemic, environmental groups, agencies and ...

Thank you to GEB reader Dieter van Werkum for letting us know about a Google Earth quiz maker he has created. See here for a sample of what it can produce, and the source code is on Github. He has ...

WASHINGTON — Happy Earth Day! On April 22, everyone comes together to remember the importance of caring for the planet. It’s also the time to discover if you’re a woolly mammoth or a mantis shrimp.

Earth Day began in 1970 and takes place on April 22 every year. Here are 10 questions to test your knowledge of the planet. 1. A day on Earth is 24 hours but it always hasn’t been that way. Are the ...

The search for life beyond Earth is one of the most profound quests in human history. It began not in laboratories, but in ...

It’s Earth Day, and to mark the globally recognized event, Google’s doodle team has created an animated illustration that serves up an “Earth Day: Which animal are you?” quiz. With a rotating globe in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...