It's a problem that has plagued cartographers for centuries: How do you accurately represent a round world on a flat map? The most common world map used today, designed almost 450 years ago, is highly ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Like all planets, Earth isn't flat.

This may just be the most accurate map of Earth that you've ever seen. It won't look familiar, though. Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa has divided the world into nearly 100 triangles to form this ...