By Nigel Jaffe Google Street View provides curious navigators with the ability to take photographic tours of an ever-growing portion of the world’s roads; meanwhile, thorough maps of Mercury, Mars, and the Moon (as spotlighted in the July 24 Map...
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By Vayne Ong Not only is your zip code an indicator of your economic destiny, but new research shows it also affects your physical well-being. In a study published earlier this summer, a team of researchers at the University of...
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By Nigel Jaffe As noted in our previous Map of the Week, last weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, an event memorialized the morning after by AGS Councilor John Noble Wilford on the front page...
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By Nigel Jaffe In honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Apollo 11 launch—the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon—this coming Saturday, today’s Map of the Week looks at how NASA data can be harnessed to create...
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By Nigel Jaffe How cold a certain region gets in winter affects much more than just the heating bills: it’s actually one of the most important factors in agriculture across the globe. Seasonal highs and lows determine which plants can...
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By: Ligia Clara Aerosols, which are microscopic liquid and solid particles suspended in the Earth’s atmosphere, have significant effects on the weather and climate. Approximately 90% of all aerosols have natural origins, such as ash ejected from volcanoes, sea salt...
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By Nigel Jaffe As LGBT Pride Month winds to a close, millions of people across the nation are preparing for marches, parties, and, in New York City, even proms. The iconic NYC Pride March will coincide this weekend with celebrations...
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By Caroline Stern A proposal was sent out by a group of 28 engineers and scientists from across the country to build an energy corridor comprised of “a complex train of solar energy panels, wind turbines, natural gas pipelines, desalination...
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By Sean Halpin Current challenges such as food scarcity and disaster relief in Africa have existed for decades, but modern technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are hoping to turn the tide. Facebook is trying to help relief efforts in...
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By Vayne Ong Around the world, the rates of deaths and infections from HIV are on the decline, but many southeast African countries, such as Mozambique, Lesotho, and Botswana, remain at the epicenter of the epidemic. While researchers have long...
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