Updating Canada's Floodmaps

10% of all houses in Canada are in the floodplain, but the maps in Canada are out-of-date. It turns out that the question of whether they should update the maps to a more accurate outcome is being fiercely debated.

Nature's 10

A fascinating list of people worth knowing about: Nature's 10

Submarine Cables

Check out this impressive sequence of annual maps designed to tell the evolving story of submarine cables. It would be easy to think that everything has gone to microwave or satellite communications, but these maps show an incredible growth in cables AND do it gorgeously.

Wiki-Poundbury

England has a town, designed by architect John Simpson, that was started in 1993 and should be completed in 2028. With roughly 5,000 residents, Poundbury is an experiment in planning, design, and social engineering which has been built with support along the way from Prince/King Charles (who studied architecture in school).

Wiki-Otis elevating railway

 Otis Elevating Railway - a defunct funicular in the Catskills

Wiki-Spore Drive

Spore Drive - mushroom-inspired sci-fi propulsion system.

Wiki-ICD-11

ICD-11 is the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision. It is a list of nearly 90,000 things that you could worry about. 

Wiki-Garret Hobart

Garret Hobart is a Rutgers graduate who experienced mild success.

Wiki-Edison Record

Edison Record - a very early record label. Closed abruptly in October 1929. 

Wiki - Calendar (New Style) Act 1750

Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 - Deleted 11 days from September 1752 in order to shift the calendar. Modified the calculation of the date for Easter.

Wiki-Catalan Vault

The Catalan Vault is a brickwork arch that allows more open ceilings. Maybe you have seen it in a Gilded Age house or Grand Central Station.

Bucranium

Bucranium - you have seen them but didn't know what they were called or how serious they were.

Wiki-George Wyllie

George Wyllie - described himself as a "scul?tor" because his works always asked questions.

Wiki-Fujiwhara effect

The Fujiwhara effect - when two cyclone circle each other. 

Things to think about...

Inside Higher Ed: 87 percent of Gen Z said they feel unprepared to succeed at work due to limited guidance, unclear paths to career from school and uncertainty about which skills matter most.

Wiki-Thenar

Thenar eminence is the mound formed at the base of the thumb.