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Faith is in retreat, atheism is on the march. But only in China does a majority positively state they don’t believe in God.

In most countries around the world, some jobs are by law reserved for men only and forbidden for women.

Name one French coastline. Great. Now name another. Can’t? Here are all 36.

America’s fear of an Anglo-Japanese alliance led Canada to worry about a U.S. attack—and in the end, devise a scheme for a ‘pre-emptive invasion’ of its southern neighbor.

The world’s newest land, created by Hawaii’s volcanic outburst, already has an owner.

No international borders, no international order—and yet, most land borders are not very old: more than half were drawn after 1900.

Could social graphing be a way to find the ‘Holy Grail’ of successful movie writing?

Three years after the Charleston massacre, the ‘Lost Cause’ is still honoured throughout the South – and beyond

Big data is here to save your dinner.

She met mere mortals with and without the Vatican’s approval.

This is the first-ever database of Europe’s 3,318 remaining synagogues.

Soccer is not a matter of life and death. It’s much more important than that. And the FIFA World Cup even more so.

The Saudi blockade of its tiny neighbour Qatar could soon change the very geography of the region.

What’s Eminem doing in Missouri? Kanye West in Georgia? And Wiz Khalifa in, of all places, North Dakota?

Each year, lightning kills 24,000 people around the world. These maps show which regions get hit more than others.

Can we ever be really sure we’ve learned everything about nature?

A map of the coming divorce between Left and Right America.

Thought experiment: What if you graft Israel’s borders onto the San Francisco Bay Area?

The axolotl is known to regrow its lower jaw, its retinae, ovaries, kidneys, heart, rudimentary lungs, spinal cord, and large chunks of its brain.

Maura O’Connor discusses her new book, Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.

These sober maps have a chilling topic: the prevalence of lynchings throughout the U.S. from 1930 to 1938.

The first rule of Vulture Club: stay out of Portugal.

Isn’t the world of dogs about more than (British) bulldogs and (French) poodles?

The ‘Great Polish Map of Scotland’ is the coolest map story you’ve never heard of.

Three-quarters of tree species common in the eastern U.S. have moved their population centres westward over the last 30 years – an effect not predicted by assumptions about global warming.

Few scientific ideas have been as polarizing as string theory. There are good reasons to both love it and hate it. String theory is perhaps the most controversial big idea in […]

There are three possible ways we’ll find alien life. With all of these chances, the only question is which will come first. Given everything humanity has learned about the Universe, it […]

Just how equal in size are the populations of Europe and North America?

Here’s why Latin American cities are the deadliest in the world.

Half of Holland does not wash hands after going to the bathroom. The Bosnians are the cleanest Europeans.