jtotheizzoe:

Because you were wondering, you know you were.

(via Coudal)

I’m moving to Mars.

Today we’re taking a journey to the center of the Internet to learn about the data centers and structures that make our web work.

(Pictured: a map of the Internet from 2005.)

The Sleepiest States: “The findings suggest that, in general, those in the South are most likely to report sleep disturbance and daytime fatigue, and those in the West are least likely.”

Lin vs. Tebow

The United Nations says today symbolically marks the moment when the world’s population reaches 7 billion. A little more than two centuries ago, the global population was 1 billion. How did it grow so big so fast?

futurejournalismproject:

Who Pays Teachers Best for their Time?

Hours primary school teachers spend working on the left.

Teachers salary after 15 years of experience / GDP per capita on the right

The biggie version of this infographic also includes: how much teachers around the world make (Luxembourgh tops), average class size (Mexico tops… or bottoms if you will) and salary levels vs student achievement (Finland tops). 

It’s Ain’t Over Till…: Planet Money converts U.S. home prices…to opera.

The Guantánamo Docket is an interactive database of documents and analysis from The New York Times and NPR about the 779 men who have been detained at Guantánamo as enemy combatants since January 2002.

usagov:

Commercial lithographer Henry S. Graham printed this choropleth map showing the distribution of the slave population in September 1861. The map shows in graphic terms the density of the slave population in the Southern states, based on figures from the 1860 census. Although the development of this map was a collaborative government effort, cartographers working for Edwin Hergesheimer, U.S. Coast Survey Drafting Division, created it.

Learn more about this map and other Civil War maps and charts from the United States Office of Coast Survey.

newshour:

What Is the Difference Between Radiation and Radioactive Contaminates?

Graphic by Vanessa Dennis. See it larger HERE

SOURCES: EPA, Scientific American, The Guardian, New York Times, Radiation Shield Technologies

I am listening to the Fresh Air podcast (Sam Chwat interview), and thought you might enjoy this American Dialect map for the FreshAir Tumblr.

Thanks Lucas! (who doesn’t have a blog)

nprinterns:

On Assignment: Getting Music for NPR Programming

The NOAA analyzes years of groundhog data and finds….well….”no predictive skill for the groundhog during the most recent years of this analysis.”

Wikileaks embassy cables revelations cover a huge dataset of official documents: 251,287 dispatches, from more than 250 worldwide US embassies and consulates. It’s a unique picture of US diplomatic language - including over 50,000 documents covering the current Obama administration. But what does the data include?