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The African Union has called for replacing the venerable Mercator map projection with another one that would show Africa’s ...

The lawsuit points to the Miami Dade College Board of Trustees and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis selling a three-acre plot of ...

Just how big is the 40,000-acre data center proposed for the Hansel Valley and approved by the Box Elder County Commission?

The National Pig Association (NPA) in the United Kingdom has questioned a recently published map in a report on ammonia emissions.

Liverpool has been named in the top 10 places most affected by crime outside of London - and one kind of offence happens here ...

You may or may not have ever realized it, but for more than six decades, the CIA published an incredible resource called The ...

Mother Ocean Day is Saturday, May 9, so here’s a few facts about our waters.

This week’s Friendly Fire covers GOP unease over a potential Iran war, Trump’s tightening grip on redistricting, culture‑war ...

About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5% of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in ...