The genetic map of Europe/La mappa genetica dell’Europa

How are french, spanish, italians, finnish and other europeans related to eachother in term of genes? Some scientists tried to answer this question analyzing the DNA of 2500 europeans. The results are visible in a map published in this article on Current Biology in august and commented by the New York Times.  The map shows structural similarities with the geographical map but it also shows two genetic barriers, one in the north with the finnish, a very small population that expanded in isolation; and one in the south with italians, separated by the rest of Europe by the Alps. ——— (EN) Quali sono le relazioni tra il corredo genetico di francesi, spagnoli, italiani, finnici e tutti gli altri europei? Un team di scienziati ha provato a rispondere a questa domanda analizzando il DNA di 2500 europei. I risultati sono riportati su una mappa pubblicata in un articolo di Current Biology in agosto e commentato dal New York Times. La mappa

read more The genetic map of Europe/La mappa genetica dell’Europa

Get a unique perspective on USA elections/ Prospettiva in tempo reale sulle elezioni americane

(EN) User-generated content and mainstream media discourses/polls can be monitored and compared through clear and just-in-time infographics on Perspctv.  64 days ’till 4th of november. ————– (IT) Contenuti e previsioni generati dagli utenti e da media mainstream possono essere messi a confronto in tempo reale grazie al sito  Perspctv che traduce in grafici chiari e concisi la marea di dati a disposizione sui maggiori candidati alle presidenziali statunitensi. Ah, mancano 64 giorni al 4 di novembre.

6 maps for Torino/6 mappe per Torino

(EN) Using the tools of design, a selected group of young designers of different nationalities, got together during the summer and created ComplexityMap, a project on information empowerment building maps around the city of Torino and trying to answer this question: How can the city be made legible and comprehensible, understood as a complex organism and as a web of physical and social networks? Starting from the assumption that the representation of the phenomena demands the gradual abandonment of classical visual languages they produced visualisations in the form of diagrams and maps of relationships, with the aim to induce a new way of viewing human-city interaction, and likely to become useful for outlining new criteria for its development. The topics could be: health and well-being, food and new food networks, urban mobility, security and quality of life in the city, new production systems, and forms of representation of the region and its communities. Download the PDF maps or Explore them

read more 6 maps for Torino/6 mappe per Torino

US troops around the world/ Truppe americane nel mondo

(EN) Mother Jones, the independent, nonprofit magazine rooted in liberal political values is known for its investigative reporting and was named after Mary Harris Jones, a.k.a Mother Jones, a trade union activist, member of IWW and opponent of child labor. The magazine online recently published an interactive map exploring the military presence of USA troops around the world since 1950. The 2007 map goes deep into numbers, so dont forget to click on it. ——- (IT) Mother Jones è una rivista indipendente e non profit pubblicata negli Stati Uniti e conosciuta per i suoi reportage investigativi. Il suo nome viene dall’attivista sindacale, membro degli IWW,  Mary Harris Jones, detta Mother Jones, che si è opposta con forza al lavoro minorile. Sul sito della rivista hanno pubblicato una mappa interattiva che esplora la presenza dei militari statunitensi nel mondo dal 1950. La mappa del 2007 va più in profondità con i numeri, quindi non scordarti di cliccarci sopra.