New world map makes Africa look bigger: what’s the fuss about? Cartographers explain

We asked Jack Swab and Derek Alderman, cartographers and geographers who study the social and communicative power of maps, to ...
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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history

When Christopher Columbus first came ashore in the Caribbean in 1492, he made first contact with what was, to him, an unfamiliar world. While his journey took place on ships rather than spacecraft, ...

Three years on from the 7 October attacks, war has redrawn the map of Palestine

More than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war launched by Israel following the 7 October, 2023 Hamas attacks.
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The ever-changing face of world maps

The UN has called for the traditional world map to be replaced with one more accurately reflecting Africa’s size. How has ...
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New world map makes Africa look bigger – What’s the fuss about? Cartographers explain

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses.
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Thousands of Amateur Photos Weave a Global Map of Who Eats Whom

A new citizen science project called Who Eats Whom has turned thousands of iNaturalist photographs into a searchable global ...