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And then came the final act: a reception staged on the Giza Plateau itself, where Indian design details, British tastes and ...

On the world maps most of us have seen since childhood, Greenland looks almost as big as Africa. But Africa is actually about 14 times larger, and Russia and Canada also appear far bigger than their ...

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The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, ...

The UN has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size. In a session at its ...

The common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United Nations General Assembly voted to encourage the use of maps that more ...

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, ...

In a historic move last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage the use of new world maps which more accurately depict continents with their true sizes. The move ...

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This interactive map compares the Mercator projection versus the Equal Earth projection. Use the slide bar to compare the 2 maps. Image via EqualEarthMap.app. Science news, night sky events and ...

The map you might have been learning from your whole life may have given you a pretty inaccurate understanding of the relative sizes of Earth's landmasses. On September 4, 2026, the United Nations ...