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When Property Becomes an Obsession: Australia, Canada, and the Ghost of Bubbles Past A comparative look at the four biggest real estate speculation stories of our time Few economic phenomena grip a society quite like a property bubble. Housing stops being a place to live and becomes the...

A new meta-analysis was just published analyzing the impact of alcohol on health: Health effects associated with alcohol consumption: a Burden of Proof study The key finding is that alcohol's health effects are not uniform: there is clear, consistent risk for cancer at any level of consumption...

The United Kingdom is an outlier regarding foreign communication prices. One of the few countries where prices keep increasing steadily year after year. In the United States (see chart above) and most of the EU price tend to decrease over time.

A sweeping new meta-analysis draws a clear line between helicopter parenting and rising rates of anxiety and depression in young people — but the story is more nuanced than it first appears. Every generation of parents wants to do better than the last. We hover over homework, negotiate with...

Another chart from the economist showing how Brexit has dramatically increased overall immigration. This is what low IQ populism looks like. As a result, the percentage of British people leaving the UK has doubled since Brexit. No other European country has its population being replaced more...

Price changes in the UK Price changes in the US I couldn't find similar charts for other countries, but the trend for many consumer products, it's probably the same in most countries. Electronics and toys have become considerably cheaper over the last 25 years. Clothing, furniture...

It could be argued that countries that get richer with more economic inequality have failed society as a whole. The point is not to make a small elite much richer than the rest of the country. This is the typical plight of developing countries but also the United States. In Europe, the United...

Percentage of illiteracy in Spain in 1877. Castile & Leon and La Rioja were the most educated regions by far.

New research reveals that a parent's unspoken attitude toward emotional expression — not just their actions — can quietly shape a child's well-being and the bond they share. Introduction Picture a common scene: your child bursts into tears over a minor frustration, or flies into a rage...

Migratory history of Iranian people since the Yamna culture.

Since you are apparently more of a financial expert than the financial times, how do you explain that business investment in the UK stalled exactly from the time Theresa May chose to formally notify the EU of the country's intention to withdraw from the EU referendum in 2017 and has never...

The World's Happiest Cities This chart comes from the Happy City Index. Based on 64 indicators across six dimensions, the Index highlights cities that combine quality of life, sustainability and long-term development strategies. It covers 251 cities in developed countries. In the world...

Vikings/Norsemen

For some reason the charts about Bronze Age Iberians has hair colour and Y-DNA (instead of eye color). BA Iberians had about 75% of brown eyes. The author of the charts mentioned that he only used liberian samples with Steppe autosomal DNA (hence the predominance of R1b samples).

Roman Kingdom and Republic

It depends what is considered "cultural". Are the only talking about language-related culture, like literature, theatre, songs, and so on? If that is the case, I would understand the results. However, if we mean culture in the broader sense of mindset, etiquette and values, then Belgium is very...

It's more likely that the maps are based on Germanic Y-DNA than autosomal DNA. It's much easier to identify Germanic DNA this way. Within German-speaking countries YDNA can be a relatively good proxy as ancient Germanic tribes moved together with their families, so the Germanic paternal and...

A groundbreaking study reveals that some of the world's richest nations are failing their citizens — while poorer countries quietly thrive Every year, the release of the World Happiness Report triggers a familiar ritual. Pundits celebrate the Nordic countries at the top of the rankings...

The following charts are by Iovincorīx. Iron Age Gauls from France Gauls from Northern France (Picardy & Normandy) Gauls from Northern France (Champagne region) Gauls from Northeastern France (Alsace) Gauls from Southern France (Languedoc)

I don't know who made these maps and based on which data but they appear to be correct.