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Evolution / Maps / Religion / Statistics

Monkey’s Uncles, Evolution, and the South

My journey for understanding the frequently tense relationship between the South and science has led me to an unlikely place—Oakland, California. In what appears to be a former auto body …

Maps / Statistics

Map Friday: Education Still Lagging Behind In The South

When I see stats like this I am a combination of embarrassed, concerned, and irate.  If you can’t already tell from the graph and map below, the South is significantly …

Fauna / Food / Health / Maps / Statistics

Friday Map: Protect Your Children This Halloween

If you life in the South be careful of alligators nabbing your kids this holiday. Better yet protect your kids from Halloween candy.

Maps / Religion / Statistics

The Probability That Your Pappy Was Cremated in the South

That time of week for maps!  This Friday I am looking at cremation geography.  From Statemaster, I pulled percentage of deceased persons who are cremated for 2003.  

Linguistics / Maps / Statistics

My Name Sounds Different in the South

In 2003 a linguistic authority with Harvard, an Englishmen Bert Vaux, led a study quantifying the dialects of the United States. He conducted an online survey with 50,000 participants on …

Architecture / Statistics

My College Buildings Are More Historic Than Yours

Above: Old Main Building, South College Street,  Auburn, Alabama In recently researching Southern Architecture, I came across the this nugget of information from Kenneth Severens in Southern Architecture: 350 Years …

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