Every once in a while, a hoax or claim that's so spectacularly absurd goes viral that even the most circumspect bystanders can be taken in. Yet science doesn't stop being true just because some people ...

The idea that people needed modern science to know Earth was round is not true. Eratosthenes worked it out in the 3rd century ...

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Born around 276 B.C. in Cyrene, Libya, Eratosthenes soon became one of the most famous mathematicians of his time. He is best known for making the first recorded measurement of the Earth’s ...

You might have heard that the Earth was earlier believed to be flat. You might have even laughed at the thought, but if you try and empathise with those who lived thousands of years ago, it would not ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It is common sense that everyone knows that the earth is a sphere, but when walking in practice the road is flat and it is difficult to notice that "the earth is round". YouTube channel providing ...

Today is π Day! And one of the many interesting people involved in the many uses of this constant was Eratosthenes, the ancient Greek geographer who calculated the circumference of Earth. Eratosthenes ...

Science moves fast, but it doesn't always start from scratch. Some of the most durable ideas in modern science trace back ...