Born around 276 B.C. in Cyrene, Libya, Eratosthenes soon became one of the most famous mathematicians of his time. He is best known for making the first recorded measurement of the Earth’s circumference, which was also remarkably accurate. (And, yes, people at that point had known for some time that the world wasn’t flat, contrary to popular belief .) Read more…
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How the Circumference of Earth Was Accurately Estimated 2000 Years Ago
North America’s highest peak, Mount McKinley, has shrunk by 83 feet according to new data acquired by US geographers. Read more…
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Mount McKinley Has Shrunk By 83 Feet
Randall Munroe has finally finished Time , his 3, 000+ frame slow-motion animation that began life as wordless, enigmatic single-panel XKCD installment .
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Randall Munroe finishes "Time," the 3,099-panel XKCD serial
Pretty wild, right? It’s a map of Pangea — a supercontinent that formed roughly 300 million years ago — mapped with contemporary geopolitical borders. Read more…
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Here’s what Pangea looks like mapped with modern political borders
Windows: If you want access to streaming media restricted by your location, web sites that display differently depending on where you are, or just a little privacy, SafeIP can help. The utility lets you select where your IP address will appear to be located, and can even rotate them regularly if privacy is your goal. Read more…
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SafeIP Hides Your IP Address for Private Browsing, Blocked Media
Windows: If you want access to streaming media restricted by your location, web sites that display differently depending on where you are, or just a little privacy, SafeIP can help. The utility lets you select where your IP address will appear to be located, and can even rotate them regularly if privacy is your goal. Read more…
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SafeIP Is Perfect for Location-Restricted Media or Private Browsing
You’re looking at what was once the main junction for telephone connections in Stockholm. See all the wires? That’s because it was used for around 5,000 phone lines—literal lines—from 1887-1913. More »
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Why Aren’t Telephone Towers This Beautiful Anymore?