The most stirring scene in the film Titanic is probably when the captain gives a two-hour screaming presentation on why it’s not his fault the ship is sinking, it’s actually everyone else’s fault.

An ancient Skiri Pawnee star map on elk skin reopens the debate about its true function and challenges Western interpretations.

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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.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In pirate fiction, maps disclose the location of hidden riches. They perform a similar function in the Atlas of ...

Graph-based manifold learning and diffusion processes provide a powerful framework for extracting intrinsic geometric features from high-dimensional data. By constructing a graph where nodes represent ...