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  1. Finally, a World Map That Doesn't Lie - Discover Magazine

    Nov 29, 2022 · We're long overdue for an accurate world map. Get the real story behind different map projections and see which one is the most accurate map of the world.

  2. Are These 10 Natural Occurrences Examples of the Fibonacci …

    Sep 3, 2024 · From pine cones to spiral galaxies, fascinating patterns of the Fibonacci sequence occur naturally in nature. Find out how this ancient sequence manifests in our world and beyond.

  3. A Map of All the Plants on Earth [PHOTOS] | Discover Magazine

    Jun 24, 2013 · Using this data, researchers mapped the distribution and density of the world's greenery. The animated version shows how much the plant cover changes week to week.

  4. The Lost City of Atlantis Is a Global Mystery - Discover Magazine

    Nov 30, 2022 · In the years after Columbus brought news of the New World back to Europe, many claimed that America was the fabled Atlantis. But the search really gained steam in the 20th …

  5. 6 of the World’s Oldest Maps - Discover Magazine

    Jul 7, 2021 · It wasn’t a map in the standard format, but an eight-volume book that claimed to describe the entire known world according to mathematical principles, with longitudinal and …

  6. Earth Actually Has Four North Poles | Discover Magazine

    Dec 28, 2020 · Even when they're marked on a globe, the real North and South Poles are not fixed points, because the Earth — being an ellipsoid rather than a perfect sphere — wobbles …

  7. 100-Year-Old Wheat Could Help Feed the World - Discover …

    Aug 19, 2024 · The team characterized and projected 137 traits from the landraces into a genomic variation map – what Cheng calls a “gene dictionary” that can help wheat …

  8. Why StarCraft is the Perfect Battle Ground for Testing Artificial ...

    Dec 2, 2019 · Although fantastical in nature, StarCraft's multi-faceted world creates complexities that mirror our own. And using the game as an incubator to train computers could help …

  9. How Three Billion Facebook Users Helped Map Global Migration

    Apr 17, 2025 · Tracking global migration has long been hampered by poor, outdated data. Now researchers have harnessed social media data to create a near real-time map of international …

  10. Who Were the Ancient Sumerians? - Discover Magazine

    Those digs did confirm Eridu as a real and truly ancient metropolis. At around 7,400 years old, Eridu is among humanity’s oldest cities, but nowhere near the oldest.