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Is the Universe finite or infinite? Does it go on forever or loop back on itself? Here’s what would happen if you traveled forever.

No, depression is not just a type of “affluenza” — poor people in conflict zones are more likely candidates

Butter supply and life satisfaction are linked — but by causation or correlation?

Artistic and statistic cartography projects show the U.K. divided like never before.

Psychedelics are going mainstream. Here’s your reading list.

North Korea’s Great Leader would rather not fly for his second summit with Trump – but the trip is also a political message to China.

Because of our ability to think about thinking, “the gap between ape and man is immeasurably greater than the one between amoeba and ape.”

“Beresheet” is first privately-funded space ship ever to make a lunar touchdown

Our family tree is complicated, and some of the branches are still unlabeled.

Air pollution is up to five times over the EU limit in these Central London hotspots.

This culinary map of Los Angeles proves the city is more than just the world’s movie capital.

Less than a mile long, the Dorfbahn in Serfaus is also the world’s highest metro system.

Both panoramic and detailed, this infographic manages to show both the size and distribution of world religions.

The same 32 symbols show up in prehistoric European cave art.

Worryingly, these are not just two random collections of countries, but two blocs with a lot of pre-existing enmity.

Notre Dame was almost torched in 1871, when Communards set Paris’ major buildings ablaze.

Two maps show two very different takes on the huge discrepancies in U.S. life expectancy

As this typewritten map shows, constraints can be freeing.

Hungarian cartographer travels the world while mapping its treasures.

The Spilhaus Projection may be more than 75 years old, but it has never been more relevant than today.

Tracking project establishes northern Argentina is wintering ground of Swainson’s hawks

Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a ‘fight or run’ reaction.

Best case: Redrawing borders leads to peace, prosperity and EU membership. But there’s also a worst case.

Progressive America would be half as big, but twice as populated as its conservative twin.

Meanwhile, Spaniards are the least likely to say their culture is superior to others.

Detailed (and beautiful) information on 57 million crop fields across the U.S. and Europe are now available online.

A team of scientists in Basel believes this will open up new lines of research.

Interactive map reveals the horror — and the patterns — of murder in 14th-century London.

TheTrueSize.com offers hours of fun while you stretch and shrink countries and states all over the globe.

No, the Syrian civil war is not over. But it might be soon. Time for a recap.