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A whole new world: the map resizing Earth
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (84+ words) A few days ago, the UN voted to adopt a new world map. Off the back of a campaign spearheaded by Togo, the new map more accurately displays Africa's size. For example, Greenland looks a similar size to the African…...
"A Fair World Starts With a Fair Map"…UN Adopts Resolution Backing Less-Distorted World Map
1+ week, 1+ day ago (402+ words) Will the Mercator map be phased out? A UN General Assembly resolution has been adopted recommending that countries choose world maps with less distortion that more accurately reflect actual land area. According to reports from AP and AFP on the…...
UN set to vote to scrap century-old world map and 'shrink' Britain to combat 'Western biases"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (628+ words) Nigel Farage's family members 'have bank accounts frozen' The United Nations General Assembly is set to vote today on a landmark resolution calling for the global phase-out of the centuries-old world map. The Mercator projection is used worldwide and is…...
The World Maps We Use Are Misleading About Continent Sizes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1029+ words) Conventional world maps, such as the Mercator projection, are misleading regarding the actual size of continents. Discover why Africa often appears smaller than Greenland. AKTUALITA.CO – The world maps displayed in classrooms, textbooks, offices, and on various digital platforms may…...
Worker loses hand in mining workshop accident
1+ week, 4+ day ago (250+ words) A mining workshop has been shut down after a worker lost their hand in a serious workplace incident – with the safety watchdog now involved. A worker has lost their hand after being seriously injured using machinery at a mining manufacturing…...
Flat Earther accidentally proves world is round after spending £15k on experiment trying to show the opposite
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (586+ words) His experiment ended up on a Netflix documentary There are Flat Earthers all around the world and one of them spent an awful lot of money trying to prove his theory correct, only to be shown proof he was dead…...
Making maps cool
2+ week, 4+ day ago (551+ words) Get to know CMU alumnus and map maker extraordinaire John Nelson | Author: Heather Smith, '02, '11 | Media Contact: Jason Fielder Every map needs a starting point. For self-proclaimed map geek John Nelson, that point was Central Michigan University. See how maps — combined…...
New Radar Scans Reveal Mysterious "Subsurface Anomalies" Beneath Controversial???Noah???s Ark??? Site
3+ week, 4+ day ago (671+ words) The findings, revealed in a press release and not yet detailed in research that has undergone peer-review, do not conclusively establish that the formation is artificial. However, according to researchers with Bakhtar Research and Engineering, LLC, and Noah’s Ark Scans,…...
Earth Is Missing a Billion Years of History. We Finally Know Why
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1018+ words) We thought global ice erased a billion years of history but new evidence points to ancient supercontinents. When geologist John Wesley Powell explored the Grand Canyon in 1869, he noticed a glaring omission in the rocks. A layer of rock just…...
Why I am finally mapping my own version of home | DAVID MURDOCK
4+ week, 1+ day ago (696+ words) I’ve often joked that my one true hobby is collecting hobbies. With wide-ranging interests, I dabble in lots of avocations, but I never dive deeply into anyone. Some of my friends pursue their hobbies to a level in which they…...