Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

African nations are calling for the world map to be redrawn to show the “greatness of the continent”. The African Union has ...

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its significance.

For centuries, the familiar Mercator world map has quietly distorted Africa's size and significance. Now, a coalition of African nations is leading a campaign to set the record straight with a new, ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...

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

The annual clock of the seasons – winter, spring, summer, autumn – is often taken as a given. But our new study in Nature, ...

Spending over 100 nights on a cruise ship might not be for everyone. But for those who long to see the world from pole to ...

It's crazy to think people once believed the earth was flat. One step too far and you'd be sent tumbling into the depths of ...

World Population Prospects 2024: Dataset World Population Prospects 2024 is the twenty-eighth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections.