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I looove TED Talks! Have listened to many over the past few years, on everything from science and technology to music. (I'm tone deaf, but what the heck?) If you haven't seen one, visit http://www.TED.com  Read more >

Review: Gapminder Makes Statistics Fun

In putting together Monday's post on Chile, I played around with some demographic information courtesy of Gapminder, a program I downloaded a few weeks ago. I'd been looking for an excuse to use it. Gapminder describes itself as "unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view." Clearly, Hans Rosling, Gapminder's creator, is a geek. I know many people--some of them social science types--who would never use the words "beauty" and "statistics" in the same sentence.  Read more >

Has Chile Joined the First World?

Watching the rescue of the 33 workers at the San José Mine in Chile, I was amazed at how well organized it was. I probably shouldn't have been after reading about the earthquake in Chile earlier this year and how few deaths (relative to the quake's magnitude) resulted because Chile long ago instituted building codes to make structures more earthquake resistant.  Read more >

Blog Action Day: Water

Tomorrow is Blog Action Day, which the site describes as "an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking a global discussion and driving collective action."As I publish new posts on Mondays and Thursdays, I'm getting a little jump on it. That gives you time to scout some other blogs and resources to learn about this year's theme: WATER.  Read more >

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