We hate them. Every year we cringe as our cars fall into cavernous potholes. So what’s behind those awful, potentially car-destroying remnants of winter

The government’s proposed anti-terror laws continue to be at the centre of heated controversy. Why?

Police announced they found a mysterious tunnel near York University. Police aren’t sure what it is and want to talk to whoever dug it.

Ukraine consists of three basic regions, the centre including Kiev, the west and its strong ties to Europe and the east, where most people speak Russian and look to Moscow for leadership.

Chris MacDougall built this explainer graphic about the energy efficient, CFL light bulbs.

Hollywood movies may have leave some people a little bit paranoid about Earth getting hit by an asteroid or a comet.

There’s the pigskin, the Patriots and the Seahawks. But Super Bowl Sunday wouldn’t be complete without the pizza, chicken wings, chips and beer, right?

There’s more than just frost in the air between Canada and the United States. Why are relations between the two countries so chilly?

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and memorial services are being held in Europe and around the world.

Asteroid 2004 BL86 passed Earth on Jan. 26, 2015.

The rich are getting richer. According to Oxfam International, the richest 1% of the population will own more than half the world’s wealth by 2016.

Oil has a history of building itself up and then letting us down.

NASA is known for its work in space, but it’s also constantly analyzing our planet.

Visual Journalist Cyril Meusy has created some outstanding 3D animations for Global National.

Five years after the deadly earthquake, Haiti continues to have a long road ahead to recovery.

A fresh colour palette and new show titles, the Global News Brand Refocus is almost complete. Read more about the happenings of GlobalGFX here.

“Fortress North America” is a concept from the Second World War and Cold War, a term used when imagining how the two countries might operate if the rest of the world succumbed to communism.

Visual Journalist Chris MacDougall has been busy creating some great animations for Global News Toronto.

On Dec. 5 2014, NASA’s newest spacecraft designed to eventually take humans to Mars, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its first test flight.

This two part primer for The West Block explores a cross Canada oil pipeline and its potential implications, for better or for worse.