According to an article on the BBC News website, at least 25% of the world’s mammal species are at risk of extinction.” This includes 1,141 out of 5,487 species, and the authors of the study say that number may be an under-estimate.
Posts Tagged ‘statistics’
Twenty-five Percent of Mammals Facing Extinction
Monday, October 6th, 2008How Religious Belief Affects Charitable Giving
Saturday, July 5th, 2008The December 9, 2006, issue of World magazine contained an interview with Arthur C. Brooks, author of the book Who Really Cares: the Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism. The book discusses, on the basis of statistical data, the difference between political liberals and conservatives in charitable giving.
Over the past couple decades, the media has been awash in propaganda suggesting that liberals are socially conscious, charitable individuals, while conservatives are greedy, uncaring intellectuals with unhealthy capitalist drives. But the data seems to suggest the truth is dramatically different than that.
GDP Map of the USA
Sunday, September 9th, 2007Check out this cool map that replaces the names of states in the USA with the names of other countries that have the same Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the respective state. (You may want to copy the main map onto your desktop, and view it from there. It’s big.)
My own state, Illinois, apparently has a GDP comparable to Mexico.
