A team of Germany-based researchers recently unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, which is likely the most detailed 3D map of buildings ever developed. Introduced earlier this month, the database ...

On a summer night, you can flip through channels and travel the planet without moving: a Champions League tie in Madrid, a T20 match in Bengaluru, a judo final in Paris, an eSports arena in Seoul. The ...

If Asian countries are to break out of the middle-income trap, they must solve the problems that plague their cities. The ...

Across Asia, the calendar of regional sports competitions has expanded into a year-round circuit of movement, sound, and spectacle. Fans now follow events the way travelers follow monsoon patterns, ...

A major, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Japan on Monday, according to the United States ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 ...

The death toll following catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia has past 1,500 as .rescue teams race to reach ...

Landslides and flooding across Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand have killed more than 1,200 people in the past week, and 800 ...

A cascade of unusually destructive storms has torn through South and Southeast Asia, killing at least 1,200 people — a toll ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

Global demand for rare earth minerals is driving the toxic pollution of some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people. Rare earths are at ...