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What All the New Drug Policies Mean For You, Personally
Is it legal to do meth in Oregon? What's the deal with shrooms in D.C.? When is weed getting descheduled?
New Earth Surveillance Tech Is About to Change Everything, Including Us
New high-resolution satellites, AIs, and data tools are going to let us study Earth, and ourselves, in greater detail than ever before. That's going to come with "unthinkable" problems.
This Man Created Traffic Jams on Google Maps Using a Red Wagon Full of Phones
By pulling 99 phones down empty streets, artist Simon Weckert made it look like they were gridlocked on Google Maps.
The MTA Is Going After an Etsy Artist Over a New York Subway Map It Didn’t Make
Jake Berman spent more than 300 hours making his own subway map because he didn't like the MTA's. Now the MTA says he can't sell it.
This Global Map Shows You How Nature Benefits You Directly
The map displays how people all over the world receive benefits from the environment, and who is most likely to lose them due to land use issues and the climate crisis.
Scientists Map the Geometry of a Single Electron for the First Time
The new research could be useful for the development of spin-based quantum computers.
No One Trusts Big Telecom to Build a Better Broadband Access Map
After years of opposing measures that would make broadband availability maps better, a telecom trade group says it is "leading the charge" on creating a better map.
Here's an Interactive Map That Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Your Town in 60 Years
If we do nothing to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the weather in New York City will feel like Alabama and Los Angeles will be as hot as the tip of the Baja Peninsula.
Scientists Can’t Fix Map of Earth’s Magnetic Field Thanks to the Government Shutdown
The federal government was set to update the World Magnetic Model but had to delay it because of the shutdown.
Shocking Maps Show How Humans Have Reshaped Earth Since 1992
Generated from satellite data, the maps track losses and gains of land used for agriculture, forests, urbanization, and more.
Google Blames Users For Renaming Senate Office Building After John McCain
The Russell Senate Office Building appeared as the McCain Senate Office Building on Google Maps Wednesday.
Scientists Want the FDA to Designate MDMA a 'Breakthrough Therapy' for PTSD
A new study found ecstasy and psychotherapy “significantly decreased” symptoms of PTSD in veterans and first responders.