Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in ...

For decades, global efforts to combat climate change and protect biodiversity have relied on a high-tech promise: that ...

For decades, the United States treated satellite navigation as a quiet monopoly, with GPS embedded in everything from ...

Given the current state of practice and visions for the future (including AI), certain practices should be reevaluated. This ...

HERE maps give Qualcomm’s self-driving car demos an AI edge with predictions on road condition beyond the car’s line of sight ...

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...

One study found that in 2019, GPS, known as the “silent utility,” enabled $1.4 trillion in economic activity in the United States alone. While the Pentagon operates GPS for military purposes,for more ...

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes do not fly around aimlessly hoping to find their next meal. A new study shows that mosquitoes lock onto human scent and purposefully follow it until they find an attack ...

Ever forgotten where you parked your car? Google Maps has a new feature to help you track your vehicle down, even if you're in a difficult to navigate parking lot. The new feature rolling out to ...

Scientists have discovered that animals may have been using Earth's magnetic field to navigate for tens of millions of years. By studying tiny fossils found on ocean floors, researchers have found ...

A small quail bird left central Spain and reached Berlin in only a few days. The trip covered about 1,430 miles, tracked by a GPS tag hardly heavier than a paper clip. Another tagged quail chose a ...