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 ...

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.

Intense cold can be dangerous for personal safety. Long stretches can also affect energy consumption, agriculture and ...

It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its ...

The same brain areas that help us map physical space help us chart social connections, and the best relationship ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a funding bill that officially ends the nation’s longest government shutdown, allowing SNAP to resume issuing payments. The president approved the ...