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You have been lied to for centuries. The world map you know is a global deception, ingrained in classrooms and screens alike. Africa, a continent of unparalleled scale and vibrancy, was systematically ...

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

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The most powerful El Niño in recorded history is bearing down on a California landscape fundamentally altered by wildfire — and the combination means that ordinary winter rains could trigger debris ...

Now in its 173rd year, The Clearing House has cleared and settled interbank payments since 1853, starting with paper checks and adding wires, ACH and real-time payments along the way. Its new network ...

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A new genome-scale atlas is offering an unprecedented look at how individual genes shape the transcriptional landscape of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Published in Nature ...

Even as screens around the globe are still tuned to the World Cup, soccer is not the only sport drawing consumer attention. Doritos recently launched a new global campaign and stepped up experiential ...

Tesla has mapped out a Robotaxi service area in Miami, publishing a geofence that covers only a small slice of the metro — mostly West Miami and a strip stretching toward Doral and Sweetwater. It’s ...