As the U.S. election grows closer, so do the chances that the U.S. could join the ranks of nations that have elected women heads of state.

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

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While dozens of countries have laws allowing men to be conscripted for military service, only around 20 do the same for women. People in other countries could also be at risk of conscription, as ...

Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection of the Earth, are showing countries to be inaccurate in sizing. Some countries are shown to be a lot bigger than they really are in and around ...

Map O.1 Use of aggregated cellphone records to track mobility week by week during COVID-19 lockdowns in The Gambia, March–May, 2020 http://bit.do/WDR2021-Map-O_1 ...

In 1882, the British Museum acquired a clay tablet that had been discovered in southern Iraq, not far from the ancient city ...

While the US can experience devastating storms, it is not the country with the most hurricanes, according to new data.

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would ... or modern Belize. All told, in its ...

While the new clade 1 strain of mpox has appeared in parts of Africa, other types have been recorded around the world this year, including in the UK ...

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