Jer Thorp creates beautiful data visualizations to put abstract data into a human context. At TEDxVancouver, he shares his moving projects, from graphing an entire year’s news cycle, to mapping the way people share articles across the internet. Jer Thorp’s work focuses on adding meaning and narrative to huge amounts of data as a way [...]
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC Two years after the Supreme Court of the United States made the 5-4 ruling that corporations are persons with constitutional rights equal to real people, we (and many others) still think it was the wrong decision. Support a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United ruling and help [...]
(ARA) – More people are sharing photos and videos online with friends and family, as well as those they’ve never met. Consider this: One hour of video is uploaded to YouTube every second. Pinterest, which lets people collect and share digital images, has grown to about 12 million users since launching in 2010. The growth [...]
Global warming has raised sea level about 8 inches since 1880, and the rate of rise is accelerating. Scientists expect 20 to 80 more inches this century, a lot depending upon how much more heat-trapping pollution humanity puts into the sky. This study makes mid-range projections of 1-8 inches by 2030, and 4-19 inches by [...]
Internet Hall of Fame to Recognize Landmark Achievements of Internet Pioneers, Innovators, and Global Leaders The Internet Society today announced that in conjunction with its 20th anniversary celebration, it is establishing an annual Internet Hall of Fame program to honor leaders and luminaries who have made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the [...]
DALLAS, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Match.com, the world’s largest online dating site, today released findings from its second annual Singles in America study – the largest and most comprehensive national study to investigate dating habits, behaviors, interests, and lifestyles of this large segment of the population. Although there are 107 million singles living in [...]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is once again searching planetary systems for signals that would be evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Among its first targets are some of the exoplanet candidates recently discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. “This is a superb opportunity for SETI observations,” said Jill Tarter, the Director of [...]
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