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Santander was already a flourishing port city when Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel painted this cityscape around 1590. Today, the sleepy Spanish town may be the world's first "smart city."
Painting by Joris Hoefnagel, courtesy Wikimedia

Old Port City Leaps into High-Tech Future

06/04/2013by carylsue Leave a comment

WORLD Old Port City Leaps into High-Tech Future The Spanish city of Santander is using a network of sensors to help improve services and save money. The sensors measure everything […]

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Current Event Connection, Geography In the News
NGS Picture ID:1484594

Last Interview with a Storm Chaser

06/03/2013by carylsue Leave a comment

UNITED STATES Last Interview with a Storm Chaser Tim Samaras, a high-profile meteorologist and storm chaser, was killed in an Oklahoma twister last week. For years, Samaras has driven into […]

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Current Event Connection, Geography In the News
NGS Picture ID:522297

Mutant Mosquitoes Lose Lust for Human Scent

05/31/2013by carylsue 1 Comment

SCIENCE Mutant Mosquitoes Lose Lust for Human Scent Biologists have engineered a mutant strain of mosquitoes that lack the ability to sniff out human beings. Or insect repellent. Discussion Ideas: […]

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Judging by tweets analyzed by scientists, Hawaii is the happiest state in the U.S.
Map courtesy Mitchell et al, PLoS ONE

Geography of Happiness

05/30/2013by carylsue 1 Comment

GEOGRAPHY The Saddest Tweeters Live in Texas Researchers analyzed ten million tweets to map happiness in the U.S. Congrats, Napa. Buck up, Beaumont. Discussion Ideas: In their academic study, researchers […]

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