An introduction to the kind of ridiculous, playful ideas I usually think about.Embarrassingly, I am looking up addition ...

Hello!As the autumn semester lectures progress, "vectors" will begin to appear in earnest in physics descriptions.I believe you have already learned about the "dot product of vectors" in high school ...

The transverse Mercator projection was created for European sailors – and it worked for their world, writes Paul Harwood The subject of projections is incredibly complicated and you did a good job of ...

That was an absolutely bonkers weekend in college football, and you don’t even have to touch upon all the theatrics surrounding Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford, Miss., to know that. Vanderbilt won a ...

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This interactive map compares the Mercator projection versus the Equal Earth projection. Use the slide bar to compare the 2 maps. Image via EqualEarthMap.app. Science news, night sky events and ...

For programs wanting to leave no doubt and impress the College Football Playoff Selection Committee after the first week of the season, Miami and LSU answered the call against Power Four opponents in ...

The first full weekend of the season is nearly over, and Sports Illustrated has updated its projections for every postseason game. Week 1 is (almost) in the books and, thanks to our first look at ...

Despite being developed for navigation, the Mercator projection has remained common in educational materials, media, digital mapping, and other forms of geographic representation. Its continued use ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and ...

All 32 NFL teams have one more preseason game this week. And then they all must cut their rosters down to 53 players by Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. Who will make each team? Which front offices have tough ...

College football's postseason picture is already taking shape -- at least scribbled on my in-house whiteboard with win-loss projections for 138 FBS teams across 10 conferences. This is my favorite ...