People often claim they strive to find the best in others, but the truth is many of us seem programmed to look for the worst. At least if you look at what draws our attention in headlines or even political ads. Go ugly early wins more elections than it loses. … Read more“Map Monday, Worst things about each US State”
Category: Science
Map Monday, Where to go for sunshine
Sunshine or sunlight is essential to life on Earth. Sure a small subset of organisms thrive in places that sunshine never reaches, but most are at least indirectly dependent on solar energy. Whether they live in ever-dark caves or in the depths of the oceans most food chains can be… Read more“Map Monday, Where to go for sunshine”
Map Monday, Periodical Cicada Invasion
Within a few weeks cicadas will inundate readers living in eastern Ohio and West Virginia as well as adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and oddly enough Suffolk county on Long Island. After spending seventeen years sucking nutrients from tree roots billions of cicada nymphs will emerge from the ground. … Read more“Map Monday, Periodical Cicada Invasion”