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About Those Viral Maps Supposedly Comparing US vs. Europe Passenger Train Lines
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 days agomap did not include all regional and commuter passenger train lines, so the comparison was slightly...
How maps are used and abused in times of conflict
Phys.org· 5 days agoThe history of warfare is littered with examples of maps used to dehumanize the enemy. Satirical maps were produced by all sides in the first world war,...
Kenya dam bursts
Black Hills Pioneer· 2 days agoMap of Kenya locating the town of Mai Mahiu, near where a makeshift dam burst its banks as torrential rains and floods battered the country, killing...
Europe’s greatest bus routes for sightseeing (which locals don’t want you to know about)
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIt’s an unavoidable sight: across Europe, almost all major cities have a competing network of...
The best cities in Europe for wild swimming
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThere’s something in the water – E.coli to be exact. After high levels of the bacteria were found in the Seine, questions were raised about how safe it...
Ukraine is on the brink, says a senior general
The Economist· 2 days agoThings, he says, are as difficult as they have ever been since the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The speed and success of the advance will...
Bird flu's wild range
Axios· 10 hours agoA polar bear in the Arctic, red foxes in Europe, penguins in Antarctica and a wide range of other wild animals have been infected with the flu virus strain currently spreading ...
Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLooking for an app to help track the eclipse? The popular astronomy app will help...in trying it out can download a free trial. NASA has released its own...
How to pay for charging an electric car
Autocar articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThere’s a downside, though: RFID cards can be limited to chargers installed by the company that supplied the card. Paying for an electric car charge...
The BBC’s confusing weather forecast is nothing new – but AI could change everything
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhen the BBC’s weather map this week burnished yellow, appearing to suggest a dose of Mediterranean...