"Levi's studied the life-cycle of a pair of stonewashed 501 jeans as part of its research into sustainable apparel. Here's what it boiled down to:
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"Levi's studied the life-cycle of a pair of stonewashed 501 jeans as part of its research into sustainable apparel. Here's what it boiled down to:
via online.wsj.com
National Geographic has this neat little interactive graphic that visually compares the size of a blue whale with other large objects and animals.
via channel.nationalgeographic.com
The latest quarterly GDP data shows some countries growing strongly, but others are still suffering.
via www.guardian.co.uk
This map shows 2010 Mothers' Index around the world. The Mothers' Index helps document conditions for mothers and children in 160 countries and shows where mothers fare best and where they face the greatest hardships.
via chartsbin.com (Click here to see an interactive map)
This infographic is actually two-part infographic. The map view gives you a visual presentation of construction activity throughout the country. The interactive graph view lets you see for yourself new-home construction activity by state between 2000 and 2009.
Alex Rodriguez became the seventh and youngest player to reach 600 home runs on August 4 against the Toronto Blue Jays.
via www.nytimes.com
Marketers are spying on Internet users -- observing and remembering people's clicks, and building and selling detailed dossiers of their activities and interests. The Wall Street Journal's What They Know series documents the new, cutting-edge uses of this Internet-tracking technology. The Journal analyzed the tracking files installed on people's computers by the 50 most popular U.S. websites, plus WSJ.com. The Journal also built an "exposure index" -- to determine the degree to which each site exposes visitors to monitoring -- by studying the tracking technologies they install and the privacy policies that guide their use.
via blogs.wsj.com
This Web-only article is a special rich-media presentation of the feature, "12 Events That Will Change Everything," which appears in the June 2010 issue of Scientific American. The presentation was created by Zemi Media.
via www.scientificamerican.com
Deepwater Disaster: The scope of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the toll of the damage, the voices of loss.
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