In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday released the data behind the ...

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While official answers are awaited, early analysis by Rohit Pande, co-founder & CEO of CivilsDaily IAS, provides clarity on ...

A reference genome of the near-extinct northern white rhinoceros can indicate the quality of rhino stem cells that can ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Imagine a South America dramatically reshaped by the complete melting of Earth's ice caps. This video explores the potential transformation of the continent’s geography, highlighting submerged ...

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Most of Africa is north of the equator, though on many mental ... even though it appears to be much smaller on Mercator maps. Thinking about the world in two-dimensions also distorts our ideas ...

poorer nations near the equator. Of course Peters had a suggestion on how to fix this problem—his own map. The Peters Projection map claimed to show the world in a more accurate, equal-area fashion.

See, the world maps we’ve been using for centuries don ... but it makes landmasses further from the equator appear larger than they actually are. The Gall-Peters projection map addressed ...