It is easier to find your geographical middle if you only need to deal with one nation. Still, there are plenty of methods to ...

The question "How many continents are there on Earth?" might seem simple, but when you delve into it, the answer becomes much more complex. While most people around the world are taught that there are ...

The concepts of continents have confused people from their very beginning. Today I try to see if I can do any better at dividing the world up into manageable units.

When enlarged into a world map, though, Mercator becomes problematic, Braun said. The map’s mistakes were not likely to be a conspiracy against Africa or the Global South, but its continued use ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

While leaders in some parts of the world have jumped in with both feet, pro-Bitcoin policymakers still have a long way to go to convince their colleagues of Bitcoin’s value proposition.

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat? True. But that isn’t the point.

Because previous world maps depicted only Europe, Asia, and Africa, this discovery warranted a new map. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published one that included—and named ...

The picture showed the seed map of the original poster’s game world. According to the player, the land masses look somewhat like the continents of Earth. The user said they could see North and ...

To study the rapidly changing ecosystems of Antarctica, researchers have recently created the first continent-wide map of its plant life. You might expect the color palette of Antarctica to be ...

Zealandia, a submerged landmass in the Pacific, is considered the world's eighth continent. Named in 1995 and confirmed as a continent in 2017, it separated from Gondwana millions of years ago.