Before we talk about Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, let’s talk about the 20-yard shuttle run. This is what it looks like, if you aren’t familiar. In this drill, the participant sprints five ...

How much do you remember of the last year in Africa? For this video quiz we have selected nine clues from news footage of Africa in 2009. Our regular Focus on Africa quiz contestants, Ahmed Rajab, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

African nations are demanding that the 'distorted' world map be redrawn to show the true scale of the continent that they argue has been misrepresented for centuries. The African Union (AU) has backed ...