The United Nations this month overwhelmingly approved a resolution encouraging the use of a world map projection that more accurately depicts the size of continents, particularly Africa, whose ...

This interactive map compares the Mercator projection versus the Equal Earth projection. Use the slide bar to compare the 2 maps. Image via EqualEarthMap.app. Science news, night sky events and ...

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Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021, writing both analytically and fiction for years beforehand. Michael is a ...

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A dizzying volley of court rulings in recent days has created widespread confusion about which congressional boundaries will be in effect in November. By Mitch Smith Reporting from Jefferson City, Mo.

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court for a second time blocked Missouri from using a congressional map in the November midterm elections that the state GOP redrew to benefit Republicans. The court issued a ...

The driving force behind our universe’s accelerated expansion remains one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy. While this force, which scientists refer to as dark energy, pervades our universe, we ...

The finalists have been announced for the 2026 edition of the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards this month. The awards, which have been running since 2022, received more than 24,500 submissions from ...

The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late. The political environment has ...

Denali National Park visitors will once again be able to travel the entire length of the park’s only road, five years after a landslide closed it near the halfway point. Denali National Park and ...

The map of Africa is much larger than most people think. However, most classroom maps and atlases still understate it – a distortion embedded in the Mercator projection that has shaped world maps for ...