Speed limits seem to be the universal constraint to modern life. Despite medical advances that have extended life into an eighth decade in the most developed countries there’s never enough time to do what must be done. As a consequence everything must be done faster and faster so you can… Read more“Map Monday, speed limits across the globe”
Category: Science
Map Monday, Your Chances for a White Christmas
Strictly speaking a white Christmas is nothing more than a covering of fallen flakes of frozen water on the ground. According to AccuWeather’s analysis of the past 30 years only two large US cities (>250,000 city population) have a better than 50% chance of a white Christmas. Those two cities… Read more“Map Monday, Your Chances for a White Christmas”
Map Monday, Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek
NBC broadcast the first episode of Star Trek on September 8th 1966. Sold as a spacey version of Wagon Train the series took a cerebral twist. Told through a sixties cultural lens it explored racism, fear of technology, and weapons of mass destruction. Unfortunately the five year mission of the… Read more“Map Monday, Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek”