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A closer look at the cartography of the famous Disney ride
In Celtic legend, the island was almost perpetually shrouded in mist, and visible only for one day every seven years
On February 20, a conservative Christian group, the National Center for Law & Policy (NCLP), filed a lawsuit against the Encinitas School Board for teaching yoga in public schools. The […]
The fictional island has all the attributes necessary for a classic adventure story – including a bunch of intriguing place-names
In response to my recent post, “The Bright Side of Globalization,” my friend and colleague Jean Houston sent me an excerpt from her book Jump Time entitled, “Wok and Roll in […]
It’s strange to think how young the Internet is, considering its enormity and complexity, and yet how powerful it has become as a means to connect people from around the […]
Abandoning circular growth, the Russian capital has started sprouting limbs across the surrounding countryside
The average human lives at 24 degrees north or south from the equator
One of Earth Platinum’s 31 copies could be yours for a mere $100,000
GPS technology is opening up exciting new hybrid forms of mapping and art. Or in this case: cycling, mapping and art. The maps on this page are the product of […]
Scandinavia is ground zero for heavy metal, but the genre crops up in less obvious places as well…
The incredible (and indeed untrue) story of President Taylor’s APE
George Soros last Sunday blamed Angela Merkel for the euro crisis – and gave her three months to fix it. Speaking at the 7th Festival of Economics in Trento (Italy), […]
Their paths were similar, but the outcomes were far from the same
A satirical take on the financial crisis of the 1720s
Where is this? Watch how the answer changes as you move along one busy London street.
A splendid example of ge-hog-raphy
The soft-edged fiction that came before Alaska.
This trans-African colony could have rivalled Brazil for dominance of the Portuguese-speaking world.
If the Olympics are all about bringing the world together in one place to play, then William Shakespeare could be credited with holding the first London Olympics all the way […]
Don’t get me wrong. I love my NPR. My closet is stuffed with their tote bags, and I’ve shoveled dollars their way. Diane Rehm is the greatest thing since sliced […]
To avoid the German air force bombing Paris, the French built a fake version of their capital
A new online social network wants to bring neighborhoods together in ways that may agree with how people want to know their neighbors, i.e. semi-anonymously and at their convenience.
Mapping the many paths from fully bearded to clean-shaven
The explosive growth of the micro-blogging service’s global popularity is emblematic of a trend affecting the entire internet: it’s becoming less American, and less Anglophone.
Your city is an egg. Most likely a scrambled one.
