Experts and policymakers argue that digital transformation will mean little if citizens still struggle to access clean water, nutritious food, or affordable healthcare.

A 3,000-year-old Babylonian tablet known as the Imago Mundi, or the “Babylonian Map of the World,” recently led British Museum researchers to an astonishing find: a reference to a Great Flood story ...

With supporter groups set for a meeting with the Celtic board on Monday night, there’s finally a window to move from noise to solutions. Beyond recruitment and communications, a running sore for match ...

As AI reshapes everything around us, Qatar is doubling down on the vital role of core scientific disciplines—led by programs like Stars of Science—to make regional innovations achieve universal impact ...

IN SOME PARTS of the West, children of healthy weight have become the exception. In poor countries, childhood obesity is spreading faster than ever before. The problem is not new: the percentage of ...

Matt Valle, left, of the C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center, plants seeds with greenhouse manager Eric Haddix in a UC Davis greenhouse. (UC Davis photo) While we’re enjoying the last days of ...

The map shows Mesopotamia surrounded by a double ring, which the ancient scribe called the “bitter river.” Credit: Kevan, CC BY 2.0 Archeologists have recently deciphered the world’s oldest map in a ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...

Donald Trump’s offensive against the Smithsonian reached a dramatic new level last week, with a presidential declaration that the institution and its museums are “OUT OF CONTROL.” To help bolster his ...