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Master the Past: Time Machine Reference Page

13 Oct 2009

I don’t know why, but I’ve actually daydreamed about these before. I suppose it would also be useful for the wall of a science classroom. Can also be purchased as a poster or t-shirt.

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How to Crack a Combination Lock

In: Culture Reference Science

13 Oct 2009

Simple instructions on how to break into a Master combo lock in less than 100 attempts (instead of trying all 64,000 possible combinations). (via)

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Your Brain on God

In: Culture Science

8 Oct 2009

Sort of an interactive article on recent brain research related to spiritual experiences, drill down through different topics and more detailed write-ups.

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A decent infographic of nuclear weapons around the world. Having watched a documentary last weekend on what would happen to Washington DC after just a small detonation, I found this graphic and accompanying article interesting (I thought China had more, for example). (via)

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Flu Tracker

In: Maps Science Source: WSJ

8 Oct 2009

There are a lot of these maps out there. This one is interesting because the historical week-by-week animation illustrates the seasonality of the outbreak.

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Instrumental Range

In: Culture Interactive Reference Science

6 Oct 2009

A wonderful interactive chart showing the frequency range of various musical instruments and how they correspond to human hearing.

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Warm August

In: Environment/weather Science

25 Sep 2009

NOAA has a cool animated visualization of the temperature in August compared to the historical average. It would be nice to see this in an interactive toy over time. (via)

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Death is a Risk

In: Culture Science

25 Sep 2009

Fatality rates for a number of diseases, and fatality rate vs survival time outside the body (why you should wash your hands). Designed and researched beautifully by Information is Beautiful.

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Ten Dimensions?

In: Science

13 Sep 2009

Something a little different: a visualization of the 10 dimensions currently postulated by physics:

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Wildfires

In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science

10 Sep 2009

Along the lines of the interactive hurricane trackers, but if you click around you also find information on historical trends, how wildfires grow, and even some basic fire ecology info and an explanation of why prescribed fires are a good idea.

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Fastest Things in/on Water

In: Science

10 Sep 2009

Not sure this deserved so much color and design. but it’s aesthetically pleasing.

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Global Diseases

In: Global Economy Interactive Maps Science Updated regularly

10 Sep 2009

A map of the “current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health.” Filter by country, type of disease, etc. Spotted at Cool Infographics.

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Nuclear is Making a Comeback

In: Interactive Maps Science Source: FT

10 Sep 2009

Maps of operational reactors, those under construction, planned, and as a percent of total electricity:

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Helicopter Crashes

In: Interactive Maps News Media Science Source: Washington Post

21 Aug 2009

From a Washington Post article on fatal helicopter accidents. What first looked like just one kind of interesting chart turned out to be three solid ones once you started clicking around. (Thanks to Jane An for pointing them out).

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Hurricane Season 2009

In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science Source: WSJ Updated regularly

21 Aug 2009

A map of the paths of several hurricanes. Looks like they plan to update it throughout the hurricane season. This is very similar to the AP tool I mentioned in June.