XKCD: Map Projections

… and what they say about you.

The Story of Broke

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The Grey Area Between Life and Not Alive

From TED talks: “In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes “protocells,” experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth … and perhaps elsewhere too.” His presentation contains this great diagram explaining how science has defined “life”. Martin also describes how in the lab he …

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Super Market Honey isn’t real: the scoup

The FDA studied honey from major food chains and found that about 75% of honey sold in supermarkets has been super-filtered to remove all pollen traces, which makes the source of the honey untrackable.

Map of “Failed States”: EPI

EPI Study suggests that lack of access to birth control and education causes women to have more children, increasing the population and putting more strain on the resources of the a nation. From Wikipedia This text was written by the staff of the Earth Policy Institute: After a half-century of forming new states from former …

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True Cost of Commuting Infographic

How much does your car and commute to work really cost you each year? Brace yourself…. you might start seeing light rail in a whole new way…

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