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To win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, contenders must also master geography
At unexpected and critical moments, the spelling bee transforms into a geography bee. Scripps has begun relying on obscure ...
Real-world map data is helping make better games about farms and transportation
I want to get things right for the public transportation users of this city, probably because it’s the city I actually live ...
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Map of Hate Group Flyering in the U.S.
The data on this map shows flyers and banners that have been displayed by far right hate groups in the United States. Since 2018 the white nationalist group Patriot Fron t has posted 10-times more ...
What America’s first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation
Produced by the New York cartography firm of F. & R. Lockwood, “The Travellers’ Tour Through the United States” was an ...
Gordo: Blues can learn from NHL's final four teams, especially Carolina
While the Blues don’t have a Rantanen or a McDavid, Robert Thomas might be an even better version of Hurricanes center ...