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If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Some regions in the U.S. are home to more lakes than others. Here's our list of the states that have the most lakes (it's ...

The UK government has said the threat of a Russian attack is being taken ‘seriously’.

We’re not one nation split by politics — we’re 11 regional cultures that have been at war since the colonies. And now the ...

Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.

Efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change have focused largely on the protection of tropical forests like the Amazon ...