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Timelapse: Atlanta traffic maps tell the story
Timelaspe: Atlanta traffic maps tell the story. THE TIME OF DAY IS THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER This video shows Google’s traffic map for the Atlanta metro at five-minute increments throughout the day. (Video provided by GDOT and created by Georgia Tech)
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9 questions about Ukraine you were too embarrassed to ask
What's happening in Ukraine is really important, but it can also be confusing and difficult to follow for outsiders who don't know the history that led up to – and, in some crucial ways, explains – this crisis. Here, then, are the most basic answers to your most basic questions. First, a disclaimer: this is not an exhaustive or definitive account of Ukraine's story, just some background, written so that anyone can understand it.
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Astronomers Create Cloud Map of Nearby Brown Dwarf Luhman 16B
Scientists using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have learned what the weather is like on the surface of one of the objects in the system Luhman 16AB.
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This Map Shows How The GDP Of US States Compare To Countries Around The World
The 2012 GDP of the entire United States was about $16.2 trillion.
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The Global Map of Homophobia
The Sochi Olympics are intended, as The Economist has noted, as a “celebration of Russia’s resurgence, a symbol of international recognition.” So far, the press coverage in the lead-up to tonight's opening ceremonies has instead highlighted the games as a “microcosm of Russian corruption, inefficiencies, excess of wealth and disregard for ordinary citizens.”
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How Much Does A Pack Of Marlboros Cost In Every Country? [MAP]
If you’re willing to go to Pakistan for your nicotine fix, you can score a pack of Marlboros for less than $1.
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Eight U.S. states have policies similar to Russia’s ban on gay ‘propaganda’
Eight states limit speech about homosexuality in ways similar to, though not as far-reaching as, the Russian ban that has received international criticism ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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An E-Book of Turn-By-Turn Directions Lets You Literally Follow Jack Kerouac 'On the Road'
How do you venerate the irreverent? Like, if you really admire someone who forges his or her own path, isn’t the best homage really no homage whatsoever? For instance, if you really admire the bravery of Jack Kerouac and his devil-may-care attitude, one could argue that a road trip that follows On the Road turn-by-turn is really the antithesis of the whole point of that novel. But then, maybe the postmodern—by which I mean, most Tumblr-esque—thing to do is to get over yourself and acknowledge t
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Where is it illegal to be gay?
Millions of people continue to live in places that outlaw same-sex relationships and prosecute people for being gay. In five countries and in parts of two others, homosexuality is still punishable with the death penalty, while a further 70 imprison citizens because of their sexual orientation.
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The Iraq War Never Ended
Mapping nearly 12 years of violence in 42 seconds shows that the war America started still rages on.
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Where Europeans go on vacation, once they leave their country
Many people’s dream vacations involve travel to distant, exotic lands. But the reality is that most people take their holidays close to home. Europeans, for example, tend not to stray very far, generally seeking out the nearest sunny spot at home or in the near abroad.
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How the North ended up on top of the map
Why do maps always show the north as up? For those who don’t just take it for granted, the common answer is that Europeans made the maps and they wanted to be on top. But there’s really no good reason for the north to claim top-notch cartographic real estate over any other bearing, as an examination of old maps from different places and periods can confirm.
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Google Fiber chooses nine metro areas for possible expansion
Google Fiber is ready to expand, as Google has identified nine metro areas scattered around the country as possible sites of deployment, the company said. "We’ve invited 34 cities in nine metro areas across the US to work with us to explore what it would take to build a new fiber-optic network in their community," Google said in an announcement today. "Many of these cities asked for Google Fiber in 2010 and have since continued to try to bring better Internet access to their residents."
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Tree loss mapped in 'near real time'
A new global monitoring system has been launched that promises "near real time" information on deforestation around the world.
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View distinctive musical artists of 50 states
We all know that artists such as Jay-Z, Drake, Lorde and Kanye West are popular across the USA. What's more interesting is that Floridians listened to more Rick Ross than residents of any other state in the country. People in Washington listened to The Head and the Heart more often than music fans anywhere else, according to a recent survey.
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NewsMap - visualizing data on a treemap
Much like a word cloud, the greater attention by media outlets to a given topic or newstory, the larger and more prominent the placement of the story in the treemap. Hover over a headline for a summary of the topic as well to see how many related articles are out there.
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Water in the Anthropocene
Evidence is growing that our global footprint is now so significant we have driven Earth into a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene.
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Which Country Reads the Most?
According to the NOP World Culture Score Index, readers in India are making the rest of us look bad. Don't squint!
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Cartographers Map Plans as Russia Puts Crimea Border in Play
A vote that could redraw the map of central Europe by joining Crimea to Russia has professional cartographers like Juan Valdes on high alert. In the wake of a referendum scheduled for March 16, Valdes will likely convene a 10-person committee at the National Geographic Society in downtown Washington to determine how the region should be depicted on thousands of print and digital maps.
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Malaysia Airlines plane: The 634 runways where missing flight MH370 could have landed
These are the 634 runways where the missing Malaysia Airlines plane could have landed after a potential hijacking. Today Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said investigators believe flight MH370's disappearance is the result of 'deliberate action' by someone on the plane.
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