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Air quality worsens in eastern U.S. as Canadian wildfire smoke hangs over Midwest
PORTLAND, Maine — Smoke from Canadian wildfires started making air quality worse in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several ...
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How to Use Maps to Understand the World Differently
Learn how to use maps to understand the world differently with modern mapping techniques, environmental insights, and social ...
Op-Comic: In troubling times, we turn to the global comfort food
While you wait for season two of Crimes of the Times, please enjoy a featured season of the LA Times Studios podcast The ...
A GPS Blackout Would Shut Down the World
GPS jamming and spoofing attacks are on the rise. If the global navigation system the US relies on were to go down entirely, ...
The Texting Network for the End of the World
Everyone knows what it’s like to lose cell service. A burgeoning open source project called Meshtastic is filling the gap for ...
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Magellan and Elcano’s Voyage Around the World Visualized on a Map
The first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by the expedition led initially by Ferdinand Magellan and later by Juan Sebastián Elcano, stands as one of history’s greatest maritime achievements.
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The Seven Years’ War: A Global Struggle Explained on a Map
War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the great powers of the time, shaping the geopolitical landscape of the modern world. This video provides a detailed, map-based summary of the ...