All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

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A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...

The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

Despite its diminutive size on the all-too-common world maps that use Mercator projection, Africa is the second-largest ...

Double ’Cane Cameron Mofid has been around the world and back. Literally. At 25 years old, he is considered the youngest ...

What do you want with your matcha?” my sister asks, turning to me. I point at the last slice of gluten free chai tea cake sitting in a glass display case. She adds it to the order and pays with her ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.