Mapping Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage Sea-level Rise Flood Risk
A Kiel University study has shown that some World Heritage Sites are at risk for damage in the face of changing sea level from climate change.
Digital Hegemony: How Local Your Google Search Results are Depends on the Country
Researchers took at look at search results on Google for 188 capital cities to see the country of origin for the top results.
Geography Mnemonic to Learn the Countries of Central America
Learn a geography mnemonic to memorize not just the countries of Central America but also the order in which they are located from north to south.
Why Development Aid Projects Must First Factor Local Culture
Why do some multi-million dollar aid projects fail? The aid itself is not generally the problem, but the lack of local, geographic specific cultural analysis in planning and implementation is most often to blame.
Tourism in North Korea
Anyone who has ever caught the travel bug probably understands the allure of the places not many Western travelers get to go, places like Iran, … Read more
Top Five Things to Do in Romania
Among the rising travel destinations of the world, Romania is getting more and more attention every day, with much more than just negative facts. The … Read more
Facial expressions across cultures
Researchers from Glasgow University took a look at how East Asians interpret facial expressions as compared to those from the West: In the study, East … Read more
Happy Countries
Denmark is the most happy and Zimbabwe is the least happy country as determined by the latest survey from the World Values Survey. According to … Read more
Museum of Online Museums
The Museum of Online Museums houses links not only to the virtual versions of well known museums from around the world but also a growing … Read more