The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

Have you ever looked at a world map and wondered why some countries seem much larger than others, even though that doesn't match the real world? Well, that’s because the map you're used to is likely ...

Marine scientists have long marveled at how animals like fish and seals swim so efficiently despite having different shapes.

In recent years, they’ve found that 2D crystals — flat lattices of atoms in which electrons can move in two directions — host a wild variety of quantum behaviors. Let’s see why the map of a 2D crystal ...

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Then, just after my final year: a friend's house, a Dreamcast and Jet Set Radio. The colour, the flat shapes - the Cel-shading! The sense of a graffiti aesthetic carried all the way through a game to ...

Thierry Gouvenou used to get paid to ride the Tour de France in the 1990s — now his job is to decide which roads the modern ...

When Abesalom Kavelashvili announced on LinkedIn that he had been appointed art director of Apple, the global design ...

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The Oppo A5 5G is a fairly large handset, with dimensions just shy of the Galaxy S25 Ultra. That said, the more rounded ...

From historic artefacts and contemporary art to interactive exhibitions, London’s best museums have something for every ...