SYRACUSE, N.Y. --In the fall of 2006, a young mapping specialist at Syracuse University began crunching and visualizing data about teens in a way no one in Onondaga County had seen, that revealed ...

Reporting from Davis, Calif. — In science fiction, there’s dystopia and there’s utopia. There are the dark wizards of apocalypse, terrifying us with visions of humanity’s grim comeuppance. And the ...

We’ve been to the moon and just about everywhere on Earth. So what’s left to discover? In September, Future Tense is publishing a series of articles in response to the question, “Is exploration dead?” ...

Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to create a map that accurately shows our planet in 2D. Most notably, Africa always ends up appearing far smaller than it actually is ...

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it's round, not flat? True. But that isn't the point. See, the ...

DAVIS, Calif. -- In science fiction, there's dystopia and there's utopia. There are the dark wizards of apocalypse, terrifying us with visions of humanity's grim comeuppance. And the starry-eyed ...