Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
For more than two thousand years (ever since the First Emperor united seven warring states in 221 B.
Manfred von Richthofen - Germany's World War I ace - flew a Fokker DR1 which was painted red.
On the 11th of March, 2011, an 8.
After a perilous journey to Mars, the exploratory rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) have to reassemble themselves.
After a Mars Exploratory Rover (called MER) arrives on the Martian surface, it goes through a kind of metamorphosis over a period of at least nine day...
Since her arrival on Mars, the exploratory rover Spirit (also known as MER-A) has had quite a journey on the Martian surface.
What was it like for ten-year-old children (and those even younger) to work as miners?
Although he avoided an assassination attempt, Qin Shi Huangdi knew that one day he would die.
The rifle featured in this video clip, from the National Firearms Museum, is a Girandoni System Austrian Repeating Air Rifle.
This clip, the beginning scenes of The Agony and the Ecstasy, starts with a view of the Dome of St.
Michelangelo, the artist who loved to sculpt, is better known for his paintings - particularly his frescoes at the Sistine Chapel.
Working on Deepwater Horizon, Mike Williams had to jump approximately ten stories from the rig to save his life.