The Maya Train Project is a high-speed rail network that connects archaeological sites along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. During its construction ... The actual finding was made in the 1990s in the ...

At night, Atacama transforms into a stargazer's paradise ... The Arabian Desert, stretching across the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, is the third largest desert in the world, rich with ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of ... Mexico's Baja California Peninsula is a sunny paradise, with regions like Cabo San Lucas enjoying over 320 sunny days annually.

Nina Fedoroff is the first to clone and characterize maize transposons, or "jumping genes." With this pioneering work, Fedoroff advanced with molecular methods the genetic discoveries that Carnegie ...

It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth for astronomy. The telescope is located on Armazones Hill, about 3,050 meters (10,000 feet ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...

Mount Paranal, an 8,740-foot-high (2,664 m) peak in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, is one of the last spots on Earth free from urban and industrial light pollution. Thanks to the unique ...

Archaeometric analysis enabled researchers to propose possible geological sources for the tesserae, located in Mediterranean regions such as Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, and Tunisia. For ...

A new study led by researchers at Lowell Observatory, combining data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Keck Observatory, has unveiled intriguing findings about ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A giant new telescope in Chile has opened its eyes for the first time — and while the view may not be impressive to some, its scientist parents are thrilled. The Vera C ...

Scenes were also filmed in Trinity Bay North, located on the east side of the Bonavista Peninsula. Two years later, people like Melanie Mooney are excited to see the final product. "It's a ...

The study of Earth's various habitats and landscapes, as well as the people who influence and interact with them, is known as geography. By studying physical elements like mountains, rivers, seas ...