A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

Scorching heat baked much of Western Europe on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas. The United Kingdom experienced major disruptions to its ...

When Christopher Columbus first set foot in what's now the Bahamas, it was the lucky sum of a 1,400-year-old cartographical error and Columbus's own miscalculations ...