J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings universe is filled with beauty and comfort, but the dark parts of the world are also ...

Therefore, they can become less affordable for the middle class.” But that’s not all. Look for higher prices on appliances, such as refrigerators, blenders and dishwashers. “As it is ...

With TimeMap.org, you can do just that—no time machine required. This interactive history map lets you dive into the past, offering a unique way to see when, where, and how historical events ...

While questions abound on what his foreign policy choices will be on key issues, he has made some remarkable statements on the Middle East, where Qatari, Egyptian, and US negotiators have been trying ...

President-elect Trump's incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, is being credited with playing a key role in securing the cease-fire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas before ...

“I hate to say it, but it is a reflection of this privileged, middle-class attitude,” he says. “People live in their bubble. When they finish school and go into their £1.5 million ...

Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable.

Now in its 32nd printing, Fonstad’s Atlas Of Middle-earth featured 182 hand-drawn maps and included diagrams of linguistic evolution and tables outlining the lengths of rivers and mountain ranges.

Karen Wynn Fonstad was a cartographer who exhaustively mapped J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” She used a grid system to index ...

They developed a 3D model that simulates how the solar system's orbital architecture may have evolved differently with the formation of a planet that is at least twice the size of Earth's mass—a ...

was home to a middle-class jumble of longtime residents, young families with children and newer transplants living their beachfront retirement dreams. The homes, some of which offered vistas of ...

Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map. Use the timeline ...