In a knitting pattern, or chart, each kind of stitch is represented by a specific symbol. I used the open-source program Stitch Maps to write the patterns for this project, translating the peaks and ...

From dots and dashes on cave walls to maps of ocean tides and then the earliest graphs, see how we’ve been visualising data ...

The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

Brent crude oil is generally subject to the same supply and demand factors that influence WTI crude prices, so the long-term price chart looks extremely similar ... contracts are traded on the ICE ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

The International Space Station - a blazing symbol of humanity’s destiny to move out across the cosmos - must be saved from ...

That might have been considered science fiction 20 years ago, but scientists now warn that the film's terrifying plot could be coming true. In an open letter to Nordic policymakers, 44 of the ...

Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.

Mr. Trump and his allies envision a second term that would try to permanently eliminate protections for air, water and ...

Their version of “Cinderella” or “Rapunzel” could be disturbing. But turning Germany into a unified nation, they believed, ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to ...