A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

The top 10 included in ACLED's deadliness ranking for 2025 were Ukraine, Sudan, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Myanmar, ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Buckle your seatbelt everyone – science ...

Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

Earth is a sphere, so how can it be accurately portrayed on a 2D map? Simply flatten Earth into two pancakes, one depicting the Northern Hemisphere and the other the Southern, with the equator running ...

I usually work on general relativity and cosmology. I have always loved geometrical things. As a kid I was fascinated by map projections. When I was 14, I made a painted globe of Mars based on a flat ...

Some social media users are saying that Alexander Gleason’s 19th Century “New Standard Map of the World” is proof that the earth is flat and that Antarctica is not a continent but an ice ring that ...