Now a popular tourist destination, Machu Picchu is also the pinnacle of Incan engineering. Basking in its incredible prowess (from the comfort of your 360-degree motion chair) is an easy way to ...

Pikes Peak, originally named Tavá Kaa-vi by the Ute people, lends its ancestral name, Tava, to these notable rocks. They are composed of solidified sand injectites, which formed in a similar ...

The Taurids travel at speeds of 65,000mph - but this is relatively slow for a meteor shower and is expected to become visible to people across the UK, depending on cloud cover. A meteor shower ...

Stargazers who missed the peak of the first branch of the Taurid meteor shower have another opportunity to witness a celestial display best known for the fireballs it can send hurtling through the ...

No. The station that gave Paddington his name features strongly in Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017) but sits this ...

These include its capital city Lima; the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu and nearby mountain Huayna Picchu; plus, parts of the Sacred Valley including the town of Maras, known for its tiered salt mines.

Ondrej Húserka had been scaling the 7,234 metre peak of Lantang Lirung with partner Marek Holeček when he when he fell into a crevasse on October 31. Langtang Lirung, which lies around 50 ...

Here's when and how spectators can give themselves the best chance of witnessing this year's peak Taurids activity. Southern Taurid meteors can be seen when the constellation Taurus is above the ...

A top Slovak mountaineer died on a descent of the 7,234-meter Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal after an historic ascent up its east face, Slovakia's climbers association said on Sunday. Ondrej ...

"There are some challenges, but the picture is not as negative as some make it sound," he said, adding that so-called peak demand would not happen while the global economy continues to grow.

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue is “Ancient builder of Machu Picchu,” which tests your knowledge of history to find the name of a group that excelled in engineering and farming, among many ...