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While the GOP already controls 10 of the 14 House districts in North Carolina — a state Trump won by 51% last year — the ...

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The Indian Ocean Geoid Low ranks as the largest negative "gravity hole" anomaly on Earth, which is why the “thumbprint” jumps ...

The story of Australia and its peoples is vast and deep. It's one you should know, but possibly one you've never been told. Well, not like this anyway.

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In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

A new interactive tool has revealed how devastating rising sea levels are set to wreak havoc on American neighborhoods.