A flat marathon can look like a free PR on paper. No climbs to slow you down, no descents to manage, no obvious reasons you ...

Can our town also be recreated in Minecraft using PLATEAU data?”We are increasingly receiving inquiries like this from ...

A simple question about world maps becomes the centerpiece of a deeper examination into one of the internet's most controversial claims. By comparing competing map models with real-world navigation, ...

On the world maps most of us have seen since childhood, Greenland looks almost as big as Africa. But Africa is actually about 14 times larger, and Russia and Canada also appear far bigger than their ...

Porsche is reportedly preparing a surprise for October 7. According to Handelsblatt, a flat-8 hypercar with an estimated price of approximately 500,000 euros may be previewed as part of the Capital ...

Did you feel that? The Earth moved. Or rather, our perception of the Earth shifted. Still, don't retire that "Everything is Bigger in Texas" bumper sticker just yet. More on that in a bit. On Sept. 4, ...

A Flat Earther attempts to fold a flat map over a globe to prove the Earth is not curved. The demonstration seems straightforward at first. But once the map is applied, problems appear immediately.

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 ...

Nearly every country represented in the United Nations General Assembly recently voted in favor of promoting world maps that more accurately show the size of various continents. But the UN resolution ...

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to urge governments, schools, and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look much smaller than it really is. By 164 votes to one ...

Despite being developed for navigation, the Mercator projection has remained common in educational materials, media, digital mapping, and other forms of geographic representation. Its continued use ...

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 ...