“Every culture has its southerners,” Susan Sontag writes in her 1992 novel, “The Volcano Lover,” set in Naples. According to the stereotype, southerners are unrefined but also uninhibited; they ...

Designed to replace both the outgoing Compass and Patriot, the new 2017 Compass is in FCA-speak a "4.4-meter vehicle," which is a globally relevant size that fits squarely between the 4.2-meter ...

Wind direction is defined as the direction the wind is coming from. If you stand so that the wind is blowing directly into your face, the direction you are facing names the wind. That’s why a north ...

I have a terrible sense of direction. In the car or on foot, I can get lost effortlessly unless I'm very familiar with where I am. I'm often amazed how well most people get around. I can always find ...

How often do you get in the car and proceed to the route using the standard issue manufacturer’s mapping program or smartphone app? Do you ever question whether those directions are the best route to ...

In times like these, it can be hard to know which way is up. But it’s always been a subject of debate: For the 16th-century cartographer Juan de la Cosa, the top of the map was west, in the direction ...

Having a GPS-enabled device with a built-in digital compass in your pocket is nothing special these days, but there's still room for improvement when it comes to the usability of these functions. The ...

It’s September, which means the kids are going back to school, and soon, you’ll spend the evenings helping them with their lessons. September is also the month that we publish Gartner’s annual look at ...

A conventional compass points north (well, to magnetic north, anyway). [Videoschmideo] wanted to make a compass that pointed somewhere specific. In particular, the compass — a wedding gift — was to ...

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