Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

During the Gaza war, Israel raced to redistrict land in the occupied West Bank, drastically changing the map. Palestinians say annexation is underway, though Israel denies it.

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

The U.S. capital is tiny compared to many of the world's largest cities, a new report on urbanization around the globe shows.

Instead of being remembered as historic, the conference will likely further erode confidence in a process that many environmentalists and even some world leaders have argued isn’t up to the ...

Back on planet Earth, and deep inside a pitch-black, sulfuric cave on the Albanian-Greek border, we reported on a study that ...

The world's chemical pollution: Current state of research by Julia Reichelt, University of Kaiserslautern‑Landau edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

While the U.S. is slated to host a majority of the 2026 World Cup alongside Canada and Mexico, Donald Trump is not in charge of the tournament. FIFA reiterated that to the U.S. president. Last week, ...

We’re about a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Summers across the global north are now defined by flash floods, droughts, heat waves, uncontainable wildfires, and intensifying named storms ...

FIFA are not considering expanding the current World Cup format to 64 teams ahead of the 2030 edition that will also celebrate the centennial edition of the first World Cup which took place in 1930, ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...