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MapBox What our devices can tell us about the geographic divisions of urban wealth.
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Maps
NASA Satellite Spots Foul Pollution Trails Over Shipping Lanes
Thick trails of lung-damaging nitrogen dioxide stretch from ports in China, India and the Middle East, and fume off of coastal cities worldwide.
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Watch from Space as the Blizzard Eats New England
Meanwhile on the ground, there are automotive pile-ups, white-out conditions and reports of ferocious thundersnow.
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Maps
How the Internet Reinforces Inequality in the Real World
What happens to a community with no "digital shadow" on the web?
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Imagining a Drone-Proof City
A sci-fi riff on Middle Eastern building traditions.
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Wikipedia Nearby Is Basically a List of Interesting Things Near You
The fruits of Wikimedia's new GeoData extension.
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Skydiving Accessory of the Day: A Folding Bicycle for the Extreme Sports Enthusiast
Sweet.
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Sometimes Stuff Just Breaks
Would people be reacting the same way to the Super Bowl power outage if it had happened in any other city?
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The Future of Librarians in an EBook World
Technology can actually make it easier to connect library patrons with an actual person.
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Prehistoric Construction Boom of the Day: 9,000 People Built Louisiana's Earthworks in 3 Months
Modern America, take note.
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Wanted: A Little Electric Car That Won’t Crumple in a Collision
The Germans – of course – are working on it.
