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Far beneath the South Pacific, a continent the size of India has finally stepped out of the cartographic shadows. After ...

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Almost 100,000 people around the world played an online map projection game that asked them to judge land areas. Their guesses showed that most people’s inner picture of the planet is closer to ...

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IN SOME PARTS of the West, children of healthy weight have become the exception. In poor countries, childhood obesity is spreading faster than ever before. The problem is not new: the percentage of ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...