For over a century, Alaska residents with a mental illness have been sent to locked psychiatric facilities that made the ...

For years, a popular part of many cruises in southeast Alaska has been sailing up Tracy Arm, a long, narrow fjord marked by ...

The recent study by a leading personal finance website ranked all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia.

The United States quietly expanded its physical territory by one million square kilometers in late 2023, an area roughly ...

A few years ago, James Cheshire, the professor of geographic information and cartography at the University College London (UCL), walked into a forgotten map room on the campus. At the time he did not ...

Biochar, a carbon rich material made by heating biomass under low oxygen conditions, has long been known for its ability to store carbon in soils and improve environmental quality. Now, a new ...

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers found eight body-like maps in the visual cortex that organize what we see ...

An Alaska Airlines passenger was charged in federal court after he was accused of trying to open the door of the plane he was traveling on midflight, leaving other travelers fearing for their safety.

Physical maps might feel out of date in our smartphone and GPS age but maps aren’t just for navigation. They are windows into history, culture and how we perceive the world. We visit a map library in ...

PORTLAND, Maine — For many of us, GPS has been a game changer - a tap, a voice, a turn-by-turn path, will get you there. But there is something special about a physical map that the GPS in your car or ...

It was just before midnight when the tsunami that started with an earthquake in Alaska’s Prince William Sound reached Washington state. The year was 1964. At La Push, a 7-foot wave knocked boats and a ...

Thanksgiving morning began with a strong earthquake in Alaska - the biggest to strike near Anchorage in more than four years. The magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 8:11 a.m. AKST on Thursday, with ...