On Earth, we’d use one second as the known unit ... And that’s how an intelligent, spacefaring alien civilization can take Drake’s 2D map and turn it into a 3D one. In 3D space, the flat ...

Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

Any time you want to represent a 3D object in 2D you ... most of our maps, we use a type of mathematical transformation called the Mercator projection to represent the spherical Earth on a flat ...

The Apple Maps app has matured over the years and is now an effective navigation tool when you need to get somewhere or ...

Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK successfully stored the entirety of the human genome sequence onto an ...

Learn how to draw different 2D shapes and how to describe it. Draw and measure accurately Learn how to draw lines and shapes accurately using a ruler. Discover how to work out the area of a 2D ...

Earth will gain a temporary companion in the form of a small asteroid called 2024 PT5. This space rock, around 10 metres wide ...

[Chuck Hellebuyck] wanted to clone some model car raceway track and realised that by scanning the profile section of the track with a flatbed scanner and post-processing in Tinkercad, a useable ...

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is shaping up to be a gorgeous ... "We wanted to capture that same feeling with the world map here. So if you see something sparkling in the distance, you're like ...

In a study published in Nature, the researchers demonstrated the world's first micromachine that can twist 2D materials at will. The fingernail-sized, on-chip platform, called MEGA2D, uses ...

There are flavours to suit every conceivable 2D platforming taste and plenty of room for debate about how they should be categorised. Below you will find our picks for the best 2D platform games ...