Our first in-house map was produced during World War I. By the Second World War, the White House was asking for them by name.

The South American country of Colombia is one of the most geographically diverse countries in the world. It is made up of 5 completely distinct regions which range from the tropical amazons rainforest ...

Using genomic and transcriptional data has greatly improved the understanding of multiple aspects of human physiology. A new paper in PNAS reports on molecular-level associations of co-occurring ...

The last episode of The Office aired in May 2013, and it seems like talk of rebooting, reviving or spinning off the series started, oh, about two weeks after that. A check of the historical record ...

This early rodent ancestor's thumbnails may help explain how rodents took over the world. Discover the latest in science, tech, and space with over 100,000 subscribers who rely on Phys.org for daily ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After getting both chambers' approval, legal challenges have started against a redistricting bill, but legal experts said there's not much time for those challenges to stop ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has said most maps skew the size of land masses, making Africa seem much smaller ...

We've had mere glimpses at the Silent Hill f map so far, even as Konami and developer NeoBards Entertainment has shown off increasingly more of its upcoming horror game. Maps have long been a ...

"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.