Gladys West, who has died aged 95, was the daughter of poor black farmers who in the 1950s and 1960s was instrumental in ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir.

A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...

Gladys Mae West, the quiet mathematician behind the Global Positioning System that now guides everything from ride-hailing ...

Despite a "no left turn" sign at State Street and Eagle Road in downtown Eagle, some drivers are making the prohibited turn — ...

Kīlauea summit region has been remarkably quiet, from an earthquake standpoint, since the current eruption began on the night ...

The military decided to house Space Forces Southern in Arizona because of the presence of Air Forces Southern at the ...

Gladys West, the mathematician who helped develop the basis for GPS, has died. She was 95. Dinwiddie County officials in ...

A high-end aviation GPS stops working, leading to an expensive repair. This video breaks down what went wrong, how it was diagnosed, and what pilots can learn from it. Could this have been prevented?

GP with an interest in women’s health Dr Toni Hazell explains what GPs need to know about some important updates to the UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive use (UKMEC) which advises on ...

In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and so was ...