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- .CSV: The dangers of "human terrain mapping" http://blog.steinberg.org/?p=7 2 comments
- Human language may be shaped by climate and terrain http://news.sciencemag.org/2015/11/human-language-may-be-shaped-climate-and-terrain 6 comments
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- Human Terrain (Global Population Density) https://pudding.cool/2018/10/city_3d 2 comments visualization
- This clever map visualizes Earth's population as a 'human terrain' https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news-blog/human-terrain-map-visualization-earth-population-data-three-dimensions 2 comments anthropology
- Heavy gear, unforgiving terrain, backbreaking work. Now firefighters contend with extreme heat too: "...we surpass human physical ability for working in these kinds of conditions.” https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-07-14/how-firefighters-are-contending-with-extreme-heat-in-california 14 comments climate
- Human language may be shaped by climate and terrain http://news.sciencemag.org/2015/11/human-language-may-be-shaped-climate-and-terrain? 38 comments linguistics
- Floods leave Yellowstone landscape 'dramatically changed'. In just days, heavy rain and rapid snowmelt caused a dramatic flood that may forever alter the human footprint on the park’s terrain and the communities that have grown around it. https://apnews.com/article/floods-science-travel-business-709a543605963010b620de1ba981d08f 7 comments environment
- NASA's Perseverance rover continues to awe with its latest selfie from the Martian surface, showcasing the red planet's rugged terrain and the rover's advanced technology. Dive into the details of this remarkable image captured by one of humanity's most ambitious explorers. 🚀🔴 https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ 3 comments space
- A rectangular robot as tiny as a few human hairs can travel throughout a colon by doing back flips, engineers have demonstrated in live animal models. Backflips because The goal is to use the robots to transport drugs in humans, whose colons and other organs have rough terrain. Side flips work, too. https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/q4/all-terrain-microrobot-flips-through-a-live-colon.html 7 comments science
- Petraeus To Continue McChrystal's Policy Of Trying To Slaughter Fewer Innocent Afghan Civilians - "In counterinsurgency, the human terrain is the decisive terrain, and you must do everything possible to reduce civilian casualties...in the course of military operations," he said. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/07/201071104612375718.html 8 comments politics