The grey countries on this map tend to spend significantly less per capita on health care than do the green countries -- except for the U.S., where the government spends way more on health care ...

If anything, maybe what's interesting about this map is the degree to which it seems to cut against common American perceptions of the world. Although there are definitely some Middle Eastern ...

It's amazing how much of the map is green, indicating countries that celebrate a national independence day every year. Not all of these marked the end of colonialism (for example, Austria's ...

A map of the world s countries by most and least emotional. By Mercury News | [email protected]. UPDATED: August 13, 2016 at 12:24 AM PDT.

Colton's 1852 map of the world uses the Mercator projection, cutting off the highly distorted poles. Printed for J & H Miller, Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Wikimedia Commons ...

A mosaic of world countries retaining their correct size and shape. Neil Kaye. The Mercator projection was first introduced by the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

Since 2009, the Gallup polling firm has surveyed people in 150 countries and territories on, among other things, their daily emotional experience. Their survey asks five questions, meant to gauge w… ...