“UN Votes for New Map to End Africa Marginalization”
The United Nations voted on Friday to transition from the 16th-century Mercator global map to a more accurate representation of countries' actual sizes. This...
“Yukon Cheetahs: New Study Reveals Surprising Diet”
In the Bluefish Caves and a mining site in northern Yukon, bones initially believed to be from an ice-age puma or cougar were recently...
“Waterloo Researcher Wins Ig Nobel for Anti-Splash Urinal Design”
University of Waterloo doctoral candidate Kaveeshan Thurairajah recently received an Ig Nobel Prize, a lighthearted counterpart to the prestigious Nobel Prizes, which honors unconventional...
“Rare ‘Almost Blood Moon’ Eclipse Wows Skywatchers”
Skywatchers in the Americas, Europe, and Africa were treated to a spectacular sight as a partial lunar eclipse, known as the "almost blood moon,"...
“UN Warns Record-Breaking El Niño to Escalate by 2027”
The World Meteorological Organization has warned that the El Niño weather phenomenon is expected to escalate through 2027 and could potentially become the most...
“Go First Dice: Solving the Starting Player Conundrum”
In 2012, at a gaming convention, a board game designer challenged mathematician Eric Harshbarger to create dice that would decide the first player without...