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

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

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

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a "Correct the Map" campaign, calling for an end to the use of the standard Mercator map in favour of on ...

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.

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.

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The Framework Desktop was made by people who hate imprecise, vague instructions. It's a desktop PC you can build in minutes, with your hand held every step of the way.

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