(It's the last day of Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we're almost done with posting about islands. And it's lasted about a week.) Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada is officially the world's largest…

(It’s Island Week 2 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week.) Located in the south eastern Pacific Ocean, almost four thousand kilometers from continental Chile, Easter Island -…

As the image updates that we reported last week have now made it to Google Maps, there's now almost complete coverage of the whole of England, and we've had a ton of great locations submitted. So…

BBC News today has a spectacular video clip of Las Vegas' Stardust casino imploding as the final part of a controlled demolition. Of course, being Las Vegas, the demolition is done in an over-the-top style with…

With a population of around 35 million people, Tokyo is officially the world's most populous metropolitan area. As there's so little space to go around, the people of Tokyo have to be a bit inventive with…

Floating away in the harbour of Tokyo is the Giant Japanese Battenburg storage depot. Japan is the world's second largest producer of oversized snacks, and over to the East they're also farming massive Twiglets. Seriously, can…