World Cup Coverage Comes in Many Languages Some U.S. satellite TV services will offer foreign-language broadcasts of the World Cup this summer for the first time.

But why are there so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others? A grid map of language ranges in North America prior to European contact. Image via Coelho et al. RSPB 2019, CC BY ...

As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, and the borough of Queens has more than anywhere else, according to the Endangered Language Alliance. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his ...