The sword-swallowing statistician
Swedish professor Hans Rosling and his Gapminder software was one of the superstars of last year’s conference. He’s here again, with more statistics and visualizations… Read More »The sword-swallowing statistician
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Steven Pinker on the decline of violence
Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard, begins his presentation with an image of corpses on a truck, being taken from Auschwitz concentration camp.… Read More »Steven Pinker on the decline of violence
The Inner Life of the Cell
David Bolinsky, a medical illustrator and animator, has taken on the challenge of vistualizing the amazing complexity of the inside of a cell. Accepting a… Read More »The Inner Life of the Cell
Global Voices is seeking an Outreach Director
We’re looking for the right blogger to help Global Voices move forward on a very important axis – our ability to help expand blogging on… Read More »Global Voices is seeking an Outreach Director
God Bless Ghana
Fifty years ago tomorrow, something remarkable happened: the Gold Coast, a colonial posession of Great Britain, became the independent soverign nation of Ghana under the… Read More »God Bless Ghana
Democracy in Dakar
I’m guilty of the same attention crimes I’ve accused the mainstream media of: I’ve been writing about tragedies and crises on the African continent at… Read More »Democracy in Dakar