CommonCensus Map Project Update
Monday October 31, 2005
The CommonCensus Map Project has seen nearly 30,000 contributions exploring the mental map of the United States. There's now a great map posted on the site, showing perceived boundaries ... Read More
Spookiest Places
Monday October 31, 2005
In honor of Halloween, Forbes.com has released a list of the eleven spookiest places to visit. The list includes such places as the Paris Catacombs, Salem, Massachusetts, and St. ... Read More
Chad, Bangladesh Most Corrupt, Iceland Least
Wednesday October 26, 2005
This year's ranking of the level of corruption in most of the countries of the world ranks Chad, Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Myanmar and Haiti as the most corrupt countries of the ... Read More
"Fall Back" October 30
Tuesday October 25, 2005
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, October 30 this year in the United States. The change to one week later does not occur until 2007. ... Read More
Daytime Populations of Cities
Tuesday October 25, 2005
The U.S. Census Bureau released a study of the daytime populations of cities that found Washington D.C. to be the large city that grows by the highest percentage each day, ... Read More
Terminator Line
Monday October 24, 2005
The line that separates the portions of the earth experiencing daylight from the portion of the planet experiencing darkness is known as the terminator line. Learn all about the ... Read More
Tropical Storm Alpha
Saturday October 22, 2005
It's official, this year's tropical storm season is the busiest ever in the Atlantic basin! Tropical Storm Alpha in the Caribbean has become the 22nd named storm, beating the ... Read More
Ontario and Manitoba to Move DST in 2007
Friday October 21, 2005
Following the lead of the United States, the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba will shift their Daylight Saving Time to match the U.S. in 2007. Other provinces are ... Read More
New Quiz
Thursday October 20, 2005
Take this week's geography quiz to test your geographic knowledge. Good luck!
Astronauts Warn of Global Disaster
Wednesday October 19, 2005
In a letter to world governments the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), a group that includes current and former astronauts, warned the world that its unprepared to huge disaster. ... Read More
Hurricane Wilma is Most Powerful Ever
Wednesday October 19, 2005
Hurricane Wilma will enter the history books as the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record. Wilma's pressure reached 26.04 inches or 882 millibars, a record low. Wilma also ... Read More
Census Bureau Marriage and Fertility Report
Wednesday October 19, 2005
The U.S. Census Bureau has released an interesting report, Indicators of Marriage and Fertility in the United States from the American Community Survey (ACS): 2000 to 2003. The report ... Read More
No More Hurricane Names
Monday October 17, 2005
Tropical Storm Wilma has formed in the Caribbean Sea, making this summer tied with 1933 for the busiest Atlantic storm season on record and utilizing the last of the available ... Read More
UFO Maps
Wednesday October 12, 2005
Another interesting use of Google Maps - take a look at UFO Maps, which is compiled from UFO sighting reports submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center. It would ... Read More
Mt. Everest Shrinks
Sunday October 9, 2005
Mt. Everest, which was 29,028 feet and then 29,035 feet in 1999, is now apparently 29,017 feet high. The latest "official" measurement comes from the Chinese State Bureau of ... Read More
GPS: The Movie
Sunday October 9, 2005
Really. It's not a joke or a lie. The movie GPS: The Movie is currently under production and scheduled for release next year. This plot of this ... Read More
CommonCensus Map Project
Friday October 7, 2005
This is a fantastic idea! If you live in the United States, you have to help Michael Baldwin develop a mental map of the regional influence of major cities ... Read More
Glowing Indian Ocean
Thursday October 6, 2005
Satellite imagery confirms that there is a several hundred kilometer-long glow in the Indian Ocean, just off the Horn of Africa. Scientists believe that the milky glow is the ... Read More
Measuring GNH - Gross National Happiness
Thursday October 6, 2005
Don't miss this thorough and fascinating look at how we measure a nation's prosperity beyond economic indicators. This four-page article from the New York Times provides an in-depth look ... Read More
Two More Tropical Storm Names Remaining
Wednesday October 5, 2005
With Tropical Storm Tammy just off the Florida coast, there are only two more names left in this year's list of storm names. After Vince and Wilma (Q, U, ... Read More
Fantasmic Geography Quiz
Monday October 3, 2005
Take this week's quiz to test your geographic expertise. Good luck!!!
Fascinating Mortality Rates by Cause
Sunday October 2, 2005
Nationmaster.com has a collection of fascinating charts and lists of country comparisons based on cause of death. For example, did you know that New Zealand leads the world in ... Read More