• It’s Not Just You: Americans Say They Are More Miserable
• Not Only Are Americans Becoming Less Happy — We’re Experiencing More Pain Too
• Americans Are Drowning in Debt. Here’s Where They Have It the Worst
• Americans in Debt
• Millenials’ Troubling Future, by the Numbers
Not Forgotten
• Native Words, Native Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers
• Hedy Lamarr’s Forgotten, Frustrated Career as a Wartime Inventor
• The Forgotten Doughnut Heroines of Wartime
• The Forgotten Story of the ‘Idle Women’ – Who Fought the Second World War on Britain’s Canals
• The Secret World War II…
Free Speech Issues
• How Do You Use an Anonymous Source? The Mysteries of Journalism Everyone Should Know
• Should You Help Your Child with Their Homework?
• The Contradictions of Good Teaching
• The Two Clashing Meanings of ‘Free Speech’
• The Supreme Court Wedding Cake Case Shows It’s Time to…
Map Lust 3
• U.S. Corn Production by Percent
• Global Farming Land, USGS Survey
• Official Language Status in the US by State
• Cropland Map of the Continental US, 2012
• Land Value in Manhattan, 2006
• Fragile State Index, 2015
• This Map, with a Dot for Every American, Shows the Country’s Racial Divisio…
Who’s Bigger?
• These Are All the Places That Europeans Actually Discovered
• Australia Compared to the Continental United States
• The Size of Japan Compared with New Zealand
• Japan, How Big It Is in Reality?
• The Size of the Middle East Compared to the United States
• How Big Greenland Actually Is
Poignant Memoir Moves from Afar
• Why a 19th Century American Slave Memoir Is Becoming a Bestseller in Japan’s Bookstores
• A 19th-Century American Slave Memoir Is a Huge Hit in Japan
• ‘This Is Surreal’: Descendants of Slaves and Slaveowners Meet on US Plantation
• Networking Group Invites White People to ‘Come Meet a Black Person’
Safety Zones
• These Are the Safest Countries in the World to Visit
• Three Graphics That Show Why Finland Is the Safest Place on the Planet
• This Unexpected Country Is Apparently the World’s Safest Place to Travel
• Land Mines in Ukraine’s East Put It Among World’s Most Dangerous Areas for Civilians
• People in These Places Le…
Worth the Weight?
• #WeirdThanks…itions Is the Holiday Hashtag You Never Knew You Needed
• The Most-Googled Thanksgiving Pies and Sides in Every State
• The Cranberry: America’s Founding Fruit
• The Pawpaw: The All-American Fruit the Country Forgot
• U.S. Pumpkin Growers Toast Nontraditional Demand for Frui…
Thanks for the Clarification
• Most Everything You Learned about Thanksgiving Is Wrong
• A Few Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Thanksgiving
• The True Story Behind Plymouth Rock
• Thanksgiving Is an Annual Reminder of America’s Refugee Origins
• At Thanksgiving, the Search for a Black Pilgrim Among Plym…
Democracy in Peril
• Climate Policy Can Help Avert Modern Liberalism’s ‘Doom Loop’
• The Doom Loop of Modern Liberalism
• Democracy Is Like Fun: You Can’t Set Your Mind to Having It
• The Death of Liberalism in Japan
• We Have to Rethink What “Educated” Means in a Post-Truth World
• A Philosopher Ponders the…
Demography in Turmoil
• Six Words Fresh Off the Boat, a Powerful Six-Word Compilation about Cultural Identity and Immigration
• My Travels in White America — A Land of Anxiety, Division and Pockets of Pain
• One Weird Trick to End Gerrymandering: Cake-Cutting Game Theory
• Researchers Propose a Gaming Solution to Gerrymanderin…
National Colors
• The Reason You Almost Never See Purple on National Flags
• Tourism Logos of US States
• Tourism Logos of Canadian Provinces
• Tourism Logos for Italian Regions
• The World’s Most Powerful Passport Is No Longer European
• Places Where English Is an Official Language
• Main Native Language-Fami…
Pacific Gravity
• The Most Popular World Leaders
• Asians Talk about Expectations for Trump’s Visit
• Abe and Trump to Rekindle Friendship, But Not All See Rapport as Positive for Japan, Survey Says
• South Korea Can’t Resist Shading Japan at Its Dinner for Trump
• The All-Female Police For…
The City Struggle
• These Cities and Countries Will Pay You to Move There
• 25 Record-Breaking Cities: Highest, Cheapest, Oldest and Most Crowded
• What the Happiest Countries on Earth Can Teach Americans
• Why Is Leamington Spa the Happiest Place in Britain?
• Swiss Mountain Village, Population 13, Opens Hotel to Avoid Extinctio…
A Fight for Love and Glory
• When a Student Asked How Someone Knows They’re in Love, This Professor Had an Adorable Answer
• American Weddings Vs. European Weddings
• One in Ten Grooms Now Take Their Wife’s Surname, Study Finds
• The Occupations with the Highest and Lowest Divorce Rates in the U…
Harrassment Claims Spread
• Sexual Harassment Allegations Hit the Restaurant Business
• When Will the ‘Harvey Effect’ Reach Academia?
• Confronting Sexual Harassment in Science
• ‘It’s Hurting Everyone’: The Truth about Sexual Misconduct in the Art World
• 2,000 Women Are Speaking out Against Rampant Sexual Harassment in the Art Worl…
Take This Job
• The Reason Every Cool Guy Wants to Be a Butcher or a Bartender Now
• Twitter Employee Shuts Down Trump’s Account on Last Day of Work
• ‘Eff You and Goodbye’: How the Bravest Among Us Quit Their Jobs in Style
• Last Laugh: What Did You Do on Your Last Day of Work?
• He Quit JetBlue by Slidin…
Autocomplete Search Trends 1
• Sometimes Accidental Google Searches Bring the Best Results
• Google Auto Fill “Why Is Province/Territory So ~?”
• Google Autocomplete with ‘Why Is (State) So ~?’
• What Is Diversity? You Asked Google — Here’s the Answer
• Am I Old? You Asked Google — Here’s the Answer
• Why Is Life So Hard? You As…
Fear & Clothing
• 72% of Americans Fear a Major War in the Next Four Years
• America’s Top Fears 2017 – Chapman University Survey of American Fears
• ‘Nowhere to Hide’: North Korean Missiles Spur Anxiety in Japan Fishing Town
• China’s President Just Laid out a Worrying Vision for the World
• Jackie Chan Goes Undercover on the Internet and Respon…
Slices of Life
• What America Is Losing as Its Small Towns Struggle
• Smalltown America Finds Ecstasy at Dollar General
• Photographer’s Spot-On Photo Series Reveals What Women Want from Their Partners
• These Family Photos Don’t Sugarcoat the Everyday Chaos of Parenting
• Photographer Shoots the Same People Going to Work Over 9…
Happy Homemakers
• These Are the Happiest Cities in the United States
• National Geographic Ranks the 25 Happiest Cities in the Country
• The 25 Happiest Cities in the U.S
• Santa Cruz, Boulder, Among the Happiest Cities in the US
• And the Happiest City in America Is…
• And the Country’s ‘Rattiest City’ Is…
Civic Improvement?
• A Beautiful Italian Town Will Pay You up to $2350 to Move There
• Charming Italian Town Will Pay You to Move There
• Google Wants to Run Your City. That’s Not a World We Should Live In
• Amazon Counts Its Suitors: 238 Want to Be Home for 2nd Headquarters
• Amazon Receives 238 Bids for Its Second Head…
Mother Tongues
• Naming Your Baby in These Foreign Countries Will Give You a Headache
• Parents around the World All Speak “Motherese” to Their Babies
• 6 Traits All Middle Children Share
• Why Your Kids Might Be Able to See Better If They Play Outdoors More Often
• These Are the Best and Wo…
Fall Fun
• Canada Completes World’s Longest Hiking/Biking and Paddling Trail – 14,000 Miles’ Worth
• Journey Across 7 Countries on the World’s Newest Long-Distance Trail
• The Best Things to Do in October Across the U.S
• The Best Places to Travel in October
• 14 Fall Road Trips for Se…
A Little Real America
• “Why Does Each State ~?” Google Search Autocomplete Maps
• What US States Want: Google Autocomplete, 2014
• By the Numbers: How Americans Spend (More of) Their Money
• How Americans Watch TV
• This Is What Dinnertime Really Looks Like Around the US
• The Food Each State Hates th…
Fall Guy
• Debating a Holiday
• Why the Legend of Christopher Columbus Is a Lie
• 10 Alternatives to Columbus Day Celebrated around the Country
• 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Christopher Columbus
• Today Is a Holiday in Honor of the World’s Most Remarkable Alphabet
• 12 Halloween Traditions f…
Cold Cases
• Can You Help Decipher This Note about Antarctic Explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton?
• Activist Urges Walrus Rafts in Absence of Arctic Sea Ice
• Why Didn’t Russia Sell Alaska to Canada?
• Mårket Island: The Bizarre Border Between Sweden and Finland
• How This Giant Sphere in Iceland is Keeping Track of…
Playa Ukulele, Anyone?
• Emergency Playa Ukuleles
• Bonkers Human Centipede Race Against a Bull Looks Ridiculously High Risk
• Hide-And-Seek World Championship
• Hobby Horsing Around
• Want a Fun Party Game? Now ‘That’s a Question!’
• 27 Adorably Strange Birthday Party Themes Kids Have Chosen
• The Lost Origins of …
War Stories
• ‘I May Have to Disobey My Government’: Lessons from ‘Japan’s Schindler’
• During WW II Two Americans Escaped the Japanese by Sailing 3,000 Miles in a Wooden Fishing Boat
• The Location of Internment Camps Had Profound, Long-Lasting Effects on Japanese-Americans Assigned to Them
• Macarthur’s Japan — This Br…
Who’s Happiest?
• The Happiest States in America
• And the Happiest State in America Is …
• This Is the State You Need to Move to If You Wanna Be Happy, Research Says
• Why Denmark Is the World’s Happiest Country
• A Lykke Life: The Six Pillars of Happiness That Are Found Across the Globe
• The Little Book of Lykke: The …
Hardly Working
• About 40% of ‘Worker’ Ants Just Hang Around, Doing Nothing
• 40% of Worker Ants Are Actually Lazy Slackers, But They Have Their Reasons
• “Work Is Very Important” – Percentage Who Agree
• These Are the Highest Paying Jobs in America Right Now
• By the Numbers: How Americans Spend (More of) Their Money