Strange Maps — July 23, 2010

39 – Manhattan Neighbourhoods (2.0)

A variation on post #10 in this blog, done by Alexander Cheek and to be found on this page of his website. The differences between these two maps indicate that neighbourhoods in Manhattan are ‘fluid’, and constantly evolving.

High Culture

Attacking a priceless work of art doesn’t make you an iconoclast

Climate activists’ brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.

Health

The most damaging exercise myth

Becoming less physically active as you get older is not inevitable.

The Past

Earth’s magnetic field supports biblical stories of destruction of ancient cities

When battles raged in ancient cities, their rocks blazed so brightly that they could be reoriented according to Earth’s magnetic field.

Why psychedelics are “freakishly safe”

The real risks of psychedelics, explained by a Johns Hopkins expert.

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Matthew W. Johnson

Hard Science

Google’s quantum computer suggests that wormholes are real

Perhaps wormholes will no longer be relegated to the realm of science fiction.

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