Scientists can now analyze a person's genes to pinpoint what country his or her ancestors hailed from. A team of U.S. researchers recently performed a massive analysis of European genetics using high-resolution gene-screening techniques that arose from the Human Genome Project. To the researchers' surprise, they found that they could distinguish Italians from French, Danish from Norwegians, and so on—just by genes alone. The techniques will prove useful in the study of genetic diseases, ancestry tracing, and crime scene investigation.
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Leopold Kohr argued that size matters--and unlike most that argue for the same, he argued that political entities must not be too large. In the map above, Kohr envisioned a Europe without countries large enough to dream of world domination. So, how does a country's size shape its politics? Is there an ideal size for internal unity and external security? Via Martin Daumiller 
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The neighborhoods in which children and adolescents live and spend their time play a role in whether or not they eat a healthy diet, get enough exercise or become obese. Aricles about HEALTH: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=health
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A new study says that where we live- our geographical location- is important in determining how much our development will be affected by genetic and environmental factors.
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Video of a sandbox equipped with a Kinect 3D camera and a projector to project a real-time colored topographic map with contour lines onto the sand surface. The sandbox lets virtual water flow over the surface using a GPU-based simulation of the Saint-Venant set of shallow water equations.
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“As viewed by astronauts from the moon, the earth lacks those lines of sociopolitical division that are so prominent on maps. And as recognized here below, the web of interlacing socioeconomic interdependencies that now enfold the planet is of one life. All that is required is a general change of vision to accord with those contemporary facts.” – Joseph Campbell, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space
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