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 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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

College football’s Week 14 schedule produced several results that significantly altered the projected playoff field and bowl projections following Friday and Saturday’s action. Ohio State and Indiana ...

Drake Maye has the New England Patriots on a nine-game winning streak. Michael Hickey / Getty Images Thanksgiving is a holiday almost as much about football and it is about the food. Get ready for ...