A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off Thursday evening on a redistricting plan aimed at countering Texas Republicans’ planned implementation of new congressional maps for the Lone Star ...

Explore the true scale of the Solar System in this video, which illustrates the relative sizes of the planets and their ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom's redistricting ballot measure has support from a majority of the state's voters, according to a new poll. Newsweek reached out to Newsom and the California GOP for ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

African nations are demanding that the 'distorted' world map be redrawn to show the true scale of the continent that they argue has been misrepresented for centuries. The African Union (AU) has backed ...

California Democrats on Thursday approved a constitutional amendment that would put a new state congressional map before voters this fall — their effort to retaliate after Texas Republicans approved a ...

This may not give you the best reading of your body composition. Few health metrics are as contentious as body mass index, or BMI. A ratio of height to weight, BMI is used widely in the medical field ...

California Assembly member Sade Elhawary, D-Los Angeles, celebrates after the Assembly approved the first of three measures to redraw the state's Congressional districts and put new maps before voters ...