A massive plume of molten rock, hidden deep beneath the Appalachian Mountains, is on the move—and its slow journey is aimed ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

Old maps are rife with phantom islands. Sometimes these nonexistent landmasses come about because of mistakes made by sailors or cartographers; sometimes they can be traced back to folklore or legends ...

The Korean government has taken corrective action in response to a campaign by a nongovernmental organization to correct ...

The government has taken action in response to a campaign by a nongovernmental organization to correct misinformation about ...

The South Korean government will revise depictions of Africa in Korean textbooks to place more emphasis on the positive sides ...

Descriptions of Africa in elementary school textbooks, which have previously emphasized negative images such as poverty and hunger, will be revised.

In a heartwarming twist this holiday season, Back Roads Bill invited none other than Santa Claus to answer some of the most ...

The world’s oceans entered uncharted territory in 2024, with heat levels rising so sharply that long-standing expectations ...

Counties are colored red or blue when the % expected vote reporting reaches a set threshold. This threshold varies by state and is based on patterns of past vote reporting and expectations about how ...

There are three weeks left in the 2025 NFL regular season, which means the top part of the 2026 draft order is nearly set. When the regular season ends in early January, we will know the slots for the ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...