The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on ...

The Mercator projection of the world map is suited for marine navigation and once so commonplace that generations of ...

It has added countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina, Namibia, and Liechtenstein, while mapping over 250 countries worldwide. Google added Gemini, an AI chatbot, to Maps in October. Gemini can ...

Travellers from all over the world are still drawn to its famous Eiffel Tower, storied Notre Dame Cathedral, Versailles, and the Bordeaux wines. With its vibrant culture and rich history ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said, in the deadliest day since Israel’s truce with Hezbollah took effect. In ...

More than a billion people across the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods – that’s about one in eight people on Earth. The theme for World Wetlands Day is “Wetlands and human ...

Armandine (seen above) died in 2020, and now prosecutors in the southern city of Montpellier are calling for a life sentence to be handed to her depraved mother, Sandrine Pissarra. The mother-of ...

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Join the Bay County Historic Society on Monday, January 27 at the Bay County Public Library, 898 W. 11th Street, for a special evening of history. NewsChannel 7's Hayden Smith is in Jackson County ...