Strange Maps — July 23, 2010

10 – Manhattan neighbourhoods

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Any and every American city is built up out of Avenues and Streets, most of them numbered. A much nicer way to describe a city is by mapping its neighbourhoods. As in this map of Manhattan.

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Charles bridge in prague, czech republic.

Neuropsych

An untold story of LSD psychotherapy in communist Czechoslovakia

Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.

The head of a man and a woman are shown side by side in a research study focused on ketamine and depression.

Neuropsych

A vaccine for depression

Ketamine’s remarkable effect bolsters a new theory of mental illness.

An image of a man and a woman with the words carrer R

High Culture

Why R is the weirdest letter

You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.

High Culture

A Pulitzer Prize-winning critic dispels common myths about Dutch Golden Age art

You’ve certainly seen the paintings — but they don’t depict what you think they do. Benjamin Moser discusses with Big Think.

An image of a glowing ring in a dark room.

The Future

Fusion power: Are we getting any closer?

Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic era. Interest, and investment, in the carbon-free energy source is heating up.

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