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Why not just divide the United States in slices of equal population?
The arc of geological history is long, but it bends towards supercontinents – so, what will the next one look like?
The unfamiliar landscape of America’s medical past is marked by bizarre incidents, forgotten breakthroughs and selfless sacrifice.
For a purely binary choice, wearing a ring either on the left or right hand can say a lot about the wearer.
Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.
Thinking about the problem of meaning is unsettling because it introduces us to a list of solutions that all feel a bit insane.
Already 14 billion miles from the Sun, Voyager 1 is speeding away at 38,000 mph.
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‘Battlefield maps’ show continent under attack from hostile invaders.
When all your teammates fall for “the emperor’s new clothes,” the results can be disastrous — here’s how to bust the groupthink.
Remarkable ‘fan art’ commemorates 50th anniversary of legendary guitar player’s passing.
Two Williams pioneered geological mapping in Britain and the United States – but the world only remembers one.
‘Critical Tourist Map of Oslo’ offers uniquely dark perspective on Norway’s capital.
You know that ghostly feeling that someone is nearby even though nobody is? It could be a trick of neural timing.
Katie Kermode — a memory athlete with four world records — tells Big Think about her unique spin on an ancient technique to memorize unfathomably long lists of information.
Alexandre Dumas’ famous anecdote about Fake News in the 1800s has a surprising twist.
They came from different places and with different ideas, which still resonate today.
Mapping the frequency of common toponyms opens window on Britain’s ‘deep history’.
The Baltic nation rolls out an unlikely tourist attraction: 47 weird ice cream flavors.
Iranian Tolkien scholar finds intriguing parallels between subcontinental geography and famous map of Middle-earth.
A 71% wet Mars would have two major land masses and one giant ‘Medimartian Sea.’
Two remarkable etymological maps show twin forces at work throughout human history.
It’s far less likely to wander into bizarre lies, emotional rants, and manipulative tangents.
This map of Europe’s 20 most populous islands holds a few surprises and unlocks a truckload of trivia.
The history of hell doesn’t begin with the Old Testament. Instead, hell took shape in the 2nd century from Mediterranean cultural exchange.
Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?
A European start-up uses satellite data to pinpoint individual sources of abnormal methane concentration.
