New World’s map is actually much more comparable in size to single-player open-world games, such as Ghost of Tsushima (11.02 mile²), Skyrim (14.79 mile²), and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of ...

The discovery of this mirror duality meant that in short order, mathematicians studying these two kinds of geometric spaces had twice the number of tools at their disposal: Now they could use ...

A hiker and outdoorsman, Mr. Thomas as a child yearned for a world where nature ruled supreme. His map represents the “idealistic planet that I wanted,” Mr. Thomas, 34, said.

The well, which began drilling in 1970 finished in 1989 at 40,230 feet and is the deepest man-made hole on in the world. Unfortunately, they were hardly able to skim the surface of earth's crust ...

No flat map of our round world can be perfect, of course. First you need to peel off Earth’s skin, then pin it down. This mathematical taxidermy introduces distortions.