Peering into the past, we find that our ancestors held a surprisingly advanced understanding of the stars and constellations. Their knowledge, as revealed in ancient texts, often rivals our modern ...

Now, researchers have used a new approach to create what they believe to be the most detailed map of the landscape yet. The ridges, mountains, and channels shape how fast the glaciers above move, and ...

Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Gajanan is an editor at TIME. A total solar eclipse will obscure the sun across Mexico, the U.S., and Canada on April 8 in a rare event. You can find a detailed map ...

For many Californians, it was supposed to be a quiet Christmas; a chance to slow down and spend time with family and friends. Instead, a powerful storm dropped 12 inches of rain in parts of the state, ...

A REST API (short for Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is a way two separate pieces of ...

Genomic technologies have altered the way in which we use molecular biology; the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, because of its compact genome and tractable genetics, has emerged as a ...

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...