Category: Study Geography

Two decades ago, the accepted wisdom in the energy sector was that the US was running out of natural gas. In 2005, Lee Raymond, the …

The map above is a bit meta and shows the origin of how to say the word map in various European countries. Red = From …

The map above shows some numbers that are used to make silly jokes in various European countries. According to languages.eu: Poland: A meme that is …

The map above shows which other state is mentioned most often on that state’s Wikipedia page. It comes from Crossword-Solver and you can also see the …

The map above looks at what is the most Uniquely Popular Word used on each country’s Wikipedia page. It comes from Crossword-Solver and a few …

Like many older industrial towns, Paramount, a mostly Latino city of 50,000 located 18 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, has been through hard times. …

The map above shows the flags (well really Mon [emblem] or crests) of the major Japanese clans in 1603 at the start of the Tokugawa …

The last few days have not been good ones for California’s high speed rail project. In fact, very very few days in its entire existence …

The video above and the maps below show the densest neighbourhood in each European country based on their population in 2018. In this case neighbourhood …

The map above looks at what share of the population of each European country lives on an island. For some countries like the UK or …

The map above gives support for the death penalty by European country based on surveys and polls done between 2018 and 2021. Belarus remains the …

U.S. President Donald Trump’s imbecilic and unnecessary suggestion that Canada should become the 51st state has led some of my own family members — on …

The map above is a humorous look at how the ancient Chinese viewed the rest of the world. Obviously, you first have the Chinese Emperor …

What I’ve been reading: Saving the Protestant Ethic: Creative Class Evangelicalism and the Crisis of Work by Andrew Lynn. For those of you in the …

At a time when the world press is obsessed with US president Donald Trump and his often imbecilic machinations, perhaps a more consequential struggle is …

During its run, I absolutely loved the HBO series The Wire. It was a fascinating show that provided deep insight into the institutional corrosion that …

When affirmative action, the predecessor of DEI, was first implemented in the early 1970s, the goal was to address cruel centuries of oppression of African …

Is that a forest? Like mountains, there isn’t an exact definition of what forests are. Different organizations and countries use varying criteria to define a …