Scientists have compiled the most comprehensive map yet of tectonic stress magnitudes across North America, highlighting regions most vulnerable to earthquakes. The map and associated study, published ...

In the modern era, the European discovery of North American became a proxy for conflicts between American Protestants and Catholics, as well as northern Europeans who claimed Vikings like Leif ...

The Arctic is becoming one of the most important regions in North America as warming trends reveal new routes and new ...

MODERN science has changed the size and shape of the earth. Time is the measure of its distances and routes the framework of its shape. London is nearer to New York' than to Kashgar, and the Pacific ...

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic detail page. FOR A CITY that only recently discovered the bin, New York is startlingly expensive. Last year EIU, our sister company, ...