As the U.S. election grows closer, so do the chances that the U.S. could join the ranks of nations that have elected women heads of state.

Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection of the Earth, are showing countries to be inaccurate in sizing. Some countries are shown to be a lot bigger than they really are in and around ...

Fig 1. World map showing the distribution of study countries and study participants. Note: Shade of green represents the number of participants per country. Credit must be given to the creator.

In May, the Pew Research Center conducted a global survey in which it asked 45,435 people in 40 different countries what they view as the greatest threat to the world. The following data ...

and it has since expanded to reach 223,000 people across 34 countries. The second annual Mental State of the World Report offers a snapshot of wellbeing around the globe in 2021; based on ...