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A formerly highly regarded but deeply controversial North Queensland naturalist has been jailed for child sex abuse crimes.
Two U.S. hospitals are the latest to announce that they are ending some, or all, of their pediatric gender care services.
The title’s a problem, but it would be a crying shame to let that discourage you from seeing “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs ...
By 6 am in Bangalore, the concrete courtyard outside my neighbourhood crèche is already too hot for barefoot play. As the day ...
Politics is literally all over the map this week. Between international relations, ongoing Congressional investigations of ...
The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.
That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America and Eurasia while under-representing the size of much of South America and ...
Maps are a form of storytelling, as well as an information source. Even the lines, colours, symbols and size of regions depicted on maps communicate social meaning. They subtly but powerfully educate ...
The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...
Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...
Children from across the globe have expressed support for expanding an international human rights treaty to require countries to provide free pre-primary and secondary education.