If you've ever looked at an airline route map and thought "why does that flight exist?" this column is for you.

NASA measures radiation over Greenland to improve aviation safety and validate models that predict cosmic doses polar flight ...

The USGS publishes free topographic maps that show trails, rivers, and campsites in great detail for hikers, cyclists, and ...

Eric Gilbertson, a professor and mountaineer, carried highly-accurate GPS devices to the top of Crestone and East Crestone ...

We talk often in the outdoors community about the risks that wild animals, like bears, mountain lions and rattlesnakes, pose.

These ghost towns scatter across sagebrush valleys and pine-clad ridges, each one a snapshot of boom-and-bust fortune that ...

This California mountain overlook is a favorite among locals for jaw-dropping views of the Bay Area, coast, and mountains ...

Google Maps uses a vibrant color palette to convey crucial travel information. Green indicates free-flowing traffic, while ...

Learn how flight tracking technology turned Raila Odinga’s final Kenya Airways flight, RAO001, into the world’s most watched ...

There’s a moment in every food lover’s life when a single bite changes everything – and in Columbus, Ohio, that moment often happens at Dough Mama in Clintonville, where the humble cheddar scallion ...

The best places to stay, eat, drink and ski in Cervinia, Italy’s high-altitude hero ...