All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...

Over the last 20 years, genetic research has changed dramatically. An explosion of genomic data has reshaped how we ...

En route to scoring his 14th ODI century, Williamson also notched up ... only behind South Africa's Hashim Amla. Williamson, who went unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction last year, broke Virat ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Mapungubwe is set hard against the northern border of South Africa, joining Zimbabwe and Botswana ... the largest kingdom in the sub-continent before it was abandoned in the 14th century. What ...

The Hôtel de la Marine is taking part in the 21st Nuit des Musées in Paris. An opportunity to discover this sublime historic ...

In the leafy Singapore suburb of Tanglin, over the road from the British High Commission and the US embassy, and a block away from the Botanic Gardens, Interpol’s innovation centre is where law ...

The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.

In “A Training School for Elephants,” Sophy Roberts revisits an especially bizarre episode from the exploitation of Africa.

Some call it “dark tourism”. American wit and travel author PJ O’Rourke dubbed it “holidays in hell”. Visiting places of ...