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The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.
Most of us grew up looking at world maps that dramatically distorted the actual size of countries, and we had no idea. In ...
Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.
The continent of Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland, but on many maps they're roughly the same size. No, ... The Peters Projection map claimed to show the world in a more accurate, ...
Maps have a way of distorting our perception of the world. But AuthaGraph is trying to bring us back to reality with a new map that accurately depicts the size of continents in comparison to each ...
In a fascinating exposé, a visual campaign reveals that the familiar world map we all grew up with is more illusion than fact ...
Fraunhofer IAF presents compact integrated quantum sensor at World of Quantum 2025 The highly integrated vector magnetometer ...
In a recent article, the Clarkson's Farm star shared details about a new technological marvel in use on his Oxfordshire farm, ...
The Garmin Forerunner 965 is one of the most-accurate GPS watches we've reviewed. To test the distance and pace, we ran pre-measured routes in a variety of areas with various levels of potential GPS ...
Set 11 months after the events of the original, On the Beach’s twisting tale begins with Sam attempting to settle into a ...