R esearchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between ...

It turns out that your world map, along with every other possible map, can be completely colored using only four different colors. This is not immediately obvious. In fact, ...

You’re going to need some double-sided tape. By Joshua Sokol Most of the world maps you’ve seen in your life are past their prime. The Mercator was devised by a Flemish cartographer in 1569 ...

If we could all just get along, this map wouldn't look half as good. By David Grossman Published: Dec 28, 2016 3:52 PM EST The world is a lot less stable than the clean, unchanging lines on a ...

See, the world maps we’ve been using for centuries don’t show the most accurate appearance of the landmasses, either. But the Equal Earth World Map is changing that.