NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) recorded 204,605 conflict events from December 1, 2024 to November 28, 2025, resulting in over 240,000 deaths, in its newly released Conflict ...

The bracket for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is set after Friday's draw, with the first match taking place on June 11 between Mexico and South Africa at Estadio Azteca. Forty-eight teams will be vying for ...

Bill argues that because clocks start at 12 and maps start at 0°, the entire coordinate system is wrong. Dan explains that latitude and longitude are reference points, not mechanical gears, and that ...

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the 2025 World Series, making them back-to-back champions. Commemorative page prints are available to celebrate the Dodgers' 2025 and 2024 victories. The Los Angeles ...

EPCOR Utilities will open its newly constructed water filling station, a permanent water solution for the Rio Verde Foothills, on New Year's Day. A serious crash involving the Valley Metro light rail ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — If you’re in Providence Tuesday night, the Boston Globe is hosting its regular Rhode Map Live event at its offices on Dyer Street. The 6 p.m. event will focus on the future ...

IN SOME PARTS of the West, children of healthy weight have become the exception. In poor countries, childhood obesity is spreading faster than ever before. The problem is not new: the percentage of ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...