This week, we learned …
… why isochrone maps are making a comeback.

Map by Francis Galton, courtesy Wikimedia. Public domain
Use our activity to help students map time and distance in their school or community.
… the key to raising a happy kid.

Photograph by Richard Hewitt Stewart, National Geographic
What is the key to making a happy tweet? It may be geography.
… it’s not quite the end of The World, but it’s close.

Astronaut photograph ISS022-E-24940 was acquired on c with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera fitted with a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 22 crew. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. Lens artifacts have been removed.
… how anti-plagiarism software led scholars to a new Shakespeare source text.

Illustration by Mikel Jaso, National Geographic
Celebrate Shakespeare with our Top 10 list … and check for plagiarism.
… the Korean DMZ is a wildlife paradise.

Photograph by Jeonglae Yu, Republic of Korea National Defense, courtesy Flickr. CC-BY-SA-2.0
Is the U.S.-Mexico border a wildlife paradise? (Sort of!)
… geography may influence the types of fears that fuel U.S. hate crimes.

Map by Richard M. Medina, Emily Nicolosi, Simon Brewer, from “Geographies of Organized Hate in America: A Regional Analysis,” Annals of the American Association of Geographers. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2017.1411247
… a Peruvian national park will protect millions of acres of roadless wilderness—and the indigenous people who rely on it.

Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James, National Geographic
… Chicago is a city divided by barbecue.

Photograph by Amy C Evans, courtesy Southern Foodways Alliance and Wikimedia. CC-BY-2.0
Does barbecue help define who we are geographically?
… low-tech “gutter buddies” help protect New Orleans waterways.

Photograph by Nick Solari, courtesy Flickr. CC BY SA 2.0
Follow the “tremendous travels of trash” with our activity.
… blue whale songs are revealing blue whale lifestyles.

Photograph by NOAA. CC BY 2.0
Learn more about blue whale songs and calls with our fun article.
… when the world’s current political borders were defined.
Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist
What are political borders? Use our lesson plan to introduce the concept to students.