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You might have noticed... ... lots of the SearchResearch Challenges involve finding other resources--like mapping sites--and then using them to help answer the Challenge-of-the-Week.  The new Google Earth on the web (https://www.google.c...

Okay... by now I'm almost back into my Californian mindset...  ... but our Challenge from last week still remains.  Remember, I asked:  While there, I saw lots of wildlife.  Such as this anemonefish I found on Raiatea,&nbs...

A couple of weeks ago...... I asked what I thought was a simple question about "lanes" of quiet water that one can see on bodies of water.  Here's that Challenge:  2.  As we're sailing from place to place, it's not uncommon to see l...

I'm still in a Polynesian frame of mind... ... and so I've been thinking about what I saw in Tahiti and French Polynesia quite a bit over the past couple of weeks.  While there, I saw lots of wildlife.  Such as this anemonefish I fo...

I'm back in Silicon Valley... but missing Polynesia.. If you get the chance to visit, you should.  If the predicted sea level rise happens, many of these islands are going to be submerged.  That's tragic, but what's worse is that the mem...

While travel in French Polynesia is great... ... the wifi is rather slow and unpredictable.  As a side-effect, I haven't been able to get a good connection for a long enough period of time to actually do the online research needed to get answ...

I managed to find wifi! As I mentioned last week, I'm touring through French Polynesia for the next two weeks.  It's kind of a long way to go, but it's completely worth it.  Lots of long stretches as we sail from one island to the next.&...

Last time we talked about history...  Now, let's talk about math and geography and how much people know about each.   In this excerpt from Raphael's fresco The School of Athens, Pythagoras is shown writing in a book as a young man p...

HA!  You thought I'd gone away.  But no, it was just another busy couple of weeks.  Got the chance to give an invited talk at the American Library Association (in DC) all about the book, and then I was a discussant for a wonderful p...

It's been a busy week... ... for me, and I just couldn't quite get the time to write up the answer to this week's Challenge.  On the other hand, it's been a very fun week.  I was at a small conference (the Human Computer Interaction...

My new book "The Joy of Search" now has a free chapter available!  (Thanks, MIT Press.) If you'd like to try before you buy, you can read a sample chapter and get a great sense for what the rest of the book is like.  Click here...

It's common to point out that people don't know much about much... And it always makes me wonder:  How much DO people know about history, about math, or about geography?  More importantly, how would you assess "our" level of knowled...

For folks in the DC area... My "Joy of Search" book tour continues with a stop at the American Library Association (ALA) this coming Saturday, June 22, 2019. If you happen to be attending the conference in DC, I'm talking at 10:30AM in room 1...

The odd and unusual are fun to search for!  As we noticed last week, there are lots of fascinating sporting (if you use that term loosely) events in the world, many of which deserve a bit of background research.  I love th...

There are plenty of amazing sports... ... many of which strike me as pretty unusual.  There's the annual wife-carrying competition (multiple locations), an international "worm charming" championship in Chesire (UK), and the locally well-...