Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Water use in Edmonton during the Olympic gold medal Hockey Game.
Google Public Data Explorer
In: Employment| Global Economy| Graphic Design (general)| Infographic (clever)| Maps| Reference| Science
9 Mar 2010
Chile Earthquake Shifted City 10 Feet West
In: Environment/weather| Maps| Science
9 Mar 2010Based on GPS data, the entire city of Concepcion moved 10 feet to the west. Note that in the maps below the arrow scale and map scale are different – it looks a little odd at first, but makes sense.
137 Years of Popular Science
In: Culture| Maps| News Media| Science
9 Mar 2010Popular Science magazine has partnered with Google to make available it’s entire archive. Keyword searches bring up an entire month/issue with your search result highlighted. It looks they have OCR’d every page, making for some cool search results. (via)
For example, a search of “map” brought up this map of US science sites from 1967:
and this first air-map of the north pole from 1931:
“Chart” brings up radiological diagrams from 1950 (among many many others)
US Age Pyramid?
8 Mar 2010I think this would have been better un-nested.
Climate Change Keeps Fighting
In: Environment/weather| Maps| Science
8 Mar 2010Climate change scientists have started a fightback against sceptics who argue that the observed changes in the Earth’s climate can largely be explained by natural variability. This comes after the email hacking furore.
A major Met Office review of more than 100 scientific studies tracking the observed changes in the Earth’s climate system finds that it is an "increasingly remote possibility" that human activity is not the main cause of climate change
Stone Age Writing
2 Mar 2010Similar symbols found across the globe raise questions about how writing originated. Some of the findings will appear in a new Smithsonian exhibition. Related New Scientist article.
Spam Spam Spam
2 Mar 2010From the New Scientist.
Six spam WordClouds:
Sea Levels
In: Environment/weather| Maps| Science
28 Feb 2010What cities might flood when.
Snake Oil Supplements
27 Feb 2010A beautiful interactive visualization of the effectiveness of various health supplements from Information is Beautiful, based on scientific research. Use the roll up menu on the right hand side to filter by condition. You can also view the raw research data they dug up to draw your own conclusions.
The Secret to Life (for Depressed People)
25 Feb 2010
We are FAT
19 Feb 2010The CDC has a number of maps tracking rising obesity levels (1985-2008). Thanks to Allison for passing them on.
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The 6 Most Statistically Full of Shit Professions
In: Commentary| Culture| Humor| Science
26 Feb 2010It’s from Cracked magazine, so not entirely accurate – still an entertaining read, though.