The observed change in colour of elongated samples. (Courtesy: C Creton) Directly measuring stresses in soft materials as they deform is no easy task, but a team of researchers in France and the US ...

My old friend and colleague, the sculptor Gareth Jones, came to stay for a few days last week, on a rare return to the UK from his home in Providence, Rhode Island.Although there are often up to ...

Dhaka, June 18 -- Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colours.

A World Map With No National Borders and 1,642 Animals A self-taught artist-cartographer and outdoorsman spent three years on an obsessive labor of love with few parallels.

Cairo: Saudi authorities have updated a guidance strategy in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest in Mecca, using colour coding to facilitate an influx of worshippers during the current month of ...

Some countries in the world have a humid climate and a large forest area, while others have a desert climate and are full of sand and snow. Mr. Erin expresses such differences in the environment ...

Google Maps has made a big change to its look as it overhauls its classic colour scheme. Social media users and accessibility experts have criticised the change, calling it ugly and unhelpful.

Same with chili. World maps sold in Japan are generally centered on Japan. By the way, this is a world map published in 1853. If you change the center to Argentina, it will look like this.

A new series of maps by California-based artist-scientist Stephen Von Worley give colour coding an entirely new meaning. With his latest algorithm-generated project, "Crayon the Grids," Von Worley ...