28 June 2019

Women in Space ~ Astronautical Advantages...

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Nadia Drake in NatGeo writes Here’s why women may be the best suited for spaceflight ... "Physically and mentally, women have the ri...
10 June 2019

Killing US ~ How We Die vs What We Fear...

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Curious how what we die of is only loosely connected to what we fear, write about, and search for ...
01 June 2019

PV Potential ~ Mapping Sunpower Worldwide...

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The Sun is a giant thermonuclear reactor in the sky powerbeaming 24x7. A tiny sliver hits the daily rotating Earth and then you have to dis...
27 May 2019

Protected Planet ~ Goal of 50% of Earth by 2050

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I'm particularly interested in seeing half of Earth be protected by 2050 .  Towards this goal,  Protected Planet shares the World Datab...

Personal Electric Mobility ~ Market Size & Share

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Very interesting to see adoption of personal electric vehicles in Europe and Asia. Curious how much of the advantages are State subsidy and...
01 April 2019

US Stock Market ~ 200 Year Sector Dynamics...

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Visual Capitalist Visualizes 200 Years of U.S. Stock Market Sectors ...
31 March 2019

Doing Business ~ Global Ease Rankings Map...

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Visual Capitalist helps us understand which countries support entrepreneurship and business and which do not , much to the suffering of the...

EARTH ~ All of Humanity on One Chart...

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Visual Capitalist helps us visualize where people live ? Roughly 1/5 in each of Eurasian-Americas, Africa, Rest-of-Asia, Tjina, and Hindia...
30 March 2019

Earth Temperature Anime ~ 150 Years Visual...

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Interesting anime of Earth's surface annual average temperature distribution ...
14 March 2019

Tectonics in the Tropics ~ Ice Age Triggers!

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Jennifer Chu of MIT News spotlights recent research indicating that Tectonics in the Tropics Trigger Earth’s Ice Ages ... "Over the ...

Beyond the Cradle ~ Media Lab x Outer Space!

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Excellent to see the third year of Beyond the Cradle organized by the Space Exploration Initiative at MIT Media Lab today! Great talk by ...
23 February 2019

US Employment ~ Visualizing Changes over Time

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Visual Capitalist shares US Employment History and changes afoot...
19 February 2019

Civilizational Endurance ~ Causes of Collapse...

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Luke Kemp at the BBC asks Are we on the road to civilisation collapse? "If the fate of previous civilisations can be a roadmap to ...

Medieval Trade Routes ~ Well Beyond Silk...

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Medieval Trade Routes zoomable map!
18 February 2019

Marine Protected Areas ~ Conserving the Seas

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The BBC's Ade Adepitan visits the coast of Gabon which has implemented a substantial Marine Protected Area off its coast. I've ...
09 February 2019

AI for Impact ~ Spring'19 @ MIT Media Lab...

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Together with colleague Ramesh Raskar, I'm co-teaching the AI for Impact seminar this Spring 2019 every Mon afternoon starting Feb 11th...
05 February 2019

Inclusive Economies ~ Spring'19 D-Lab Seminar

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Together with colleagues Kate Mytty and Libby McDonald, I'm co-teaching the Inclusive Economies seminar this Spring 2019 every Wed morn...
25 January 2019

Hurricane Prediction ~ Forecast Quality Progress

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Richard B. Alley, Kerry A. Emanuel, Fuqing Zhang write in Science about Advances in weather prediction ... "In recent decades, adva...
14 January 2019

Greening the Desert ~ Alt Perspectives...

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Three documentary examples of rehabilitating large-scale damaged ecosystems...
09 January 2019

Disaffection with Democracy ~ Warning Signs...

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Roberto Stefan Foa and Yascha Mounk in The Signs of Deconsolidation in the Journal of Democracy share evidence of a global pattern of disa...