Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection of the Earth, are showing countries to be inaccurate in sizing. Some countries are shown to be a lot bigger than they really are in and around ...

A team of three mapmakers, led by J Richard Gott from Princeton University, have come up with a new kind of map that claims to be the most accurate, yet flat, depiction of the world yet.

Stuart Clark: It’s so clearly obvious that the world isn’t flat. We see when ships leave the harbour you can see as they gradually disappear below the horizon. You can see if you go up on top ...

Flat earthers have to bend themselves into all sorts of knots in order to convince themselves that the world truly is flat.

They have to compromise. Map makers use map projections to transform the Earth onto a flat surface. One of the most popular world map projections is known as the Mercator Projection. You’ll have ...

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online ...

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of the better-known Maya sites.

What Nations Have a Flat Tax System? Russia is the largest nation in the world to use a flat tax, currently imposing a 13% tax on personal income. In 2021, the nation moved to a progressive tax to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Flat Earthers: The Musical started as a joke, the kind of pet project creatives like to bat around as a lark, not thinking it will ...

New weather warnings issued in areas in Spain as prime minister warns devastation from flooding is ‘not finished’ ...

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...