Geography
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Mapping Science
January 24, 2011
Mapmaking has a new challenge far more involved than depicting the traits of the physical world. As revealed in a stunning new collection, the Atlas of Science, the task at hand is at once ambitious and amorphous: to map the world of scientific knowledge, the collective wisdom that humans have accumulated over time — and continue to generate at an ever-increasing pace.
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Calling All Mapmakers
January 13, 2011
complexity, data, geography, information, scale, visualization
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Books to Read Now
June 01, 2010
June releases follow cave divers into the bowels of the Earth; chart the geography of hunger; and explore the science of false memories, inflated confidence, and distorted senses.
agriculture, climate, food, geography, innovation, neuroscience, psychology, technology
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Going, Going, Gone
March 16, 2010
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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The Ends of Earth, and Beyond
March 02, 2010
To answer the most pressing questions about the origins of the universe, scientists must retreat to isolated pinnacles in the Andes or the South Pole. Anil Ananthaswamy follows in their footsteps in his new book.
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Winds of Change
December 21, 2009
The stories we tell provide us with a record of our continuing struggle to understand the peculiar effects weather has on our lives.
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Our Shifting Urban Landscape
October 06, 2009
Urban ecologist James Danoff-Burg takes us into the field to demonstrate the tools of analyzing the biodiversity of human-altered ecosystems.
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Business as Abnormal
September 14, 2009
The recent flirtation with geoengineering may prove a dangerous distraction from working toward a sustainable future.
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Loggerheads at Bloggingheads
September 04, 2009
A falling out over creationism at a popular videoblogging site and muddled reactions to a report on geoengineering illustrate what’s at stake in the “framing wars.”
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In Seeds We Trust
June 09, 2009
Because science won’t save us if biodiversity fails, a global effort is underway to collect and cache the genetic resources contained in seeds.
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Banking the Monsoon
April 13, 2009
In a small village in the center of Gujarat, India, a society grows from clean water and satellite maps.
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Photo Essay: Darwin Slept Here
February 12, 2009
A twentysomething adventurer retraces the voyage of the Beagle, recapturing a young Darwin, and the growing pains of a continent.
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What Is Solastalgia?
July 31, 2008
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Deep Space
December 20, 2007
The last great land rush on the planet will be at the bottom of the ocean.
climate, decision making, development, geography, law, policy, politics
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Ghosts of Climates Past
June 06, 2007
Can studying the red deserts of Mars, the thick atmosphere of Venus, and the methane seas of Titan help us to predict our own planet's climatic future?
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The Eruption
May 08, 2007
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Oceanfront Property in the Desert
December 15, 2005
A fissure in Ethiopia’s Afar Desert may be the beginnings of a new ocean basin.
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Angelic Tibet
December 13, 2005
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New & Notable: HIV/AIDS Research
December 01, 2005
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
