Nov 29, 2022 · We're long overdue for an accurate world map. Get the real story behind different map projections and see which one is the most accurate map of the world.

Nov 8, 2018 · With this map, it’s as if some medieval mapmaker flew to the heavens and sketched what he saw — though in reality, he could never have traveled higher than a church tower.

Jul 7, 2021 · It wasn’t a map in the standard format, but an eight-volume book that claimed to describe the entire known world according to mathematical principles, with longitudinal and …

Nov 30, 2022 · In the years after Columbus brought news of the New World back to Europe, many claimed that America was the fabled Atlantis. But the search really gained steam in the 20th …

Jun 24, 2013 · Using this data, researchers mapped the distribution and density of the world's greenery. The animated version shows how much the plant cover changes week to week.

Dec 28, 2020 · Even when they're marked on a globe, the real North and South Poles are not fixed points, because the Earth — being an ellipsoid rather than a perfect sphere — wobbles …

Apr 30, 2016 · Words On The Brain: A Semantic Map of the Cortex Discover a groundbreaking semantic atlas of the human brain mapping how brain areas respond to words and meanings.

Nov 10, 2020 · Those digs did confirm Eridu as a real and truly ancient metropolis. At around 7,400 years old, Eridu is among humanity’s oldest cities, but nowhere near the oldest.

Nov 11, 2022 · Whether you count the start of the Nile as coming from the Semliki or the sources of the Kagera, either would put the Nile as the longest river in the world at 4,100 miles, …

Apr 17, 2025 · Tracking global migration has long been hampered by poor, outdated data. Now researchers have harnessed social media data to create a near real-time map of international …