Calendar for Year 2021 (United States)
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7 charts on how the world views President Obama
At Pew Research Center, we’ve tracked global attitudes toward the U.S. president and American foreign policy since the early years of the George W. Bush administration. Our most recent survey of 40 countries from around the world included a number of questions about President Barack Obama and his handling...
Internet
The Internet’s history has just begunThe Internet’s history goes back some decades by now – email has been around since the 1960s, file sharing since at least the 1970s, and TCP/IP was standardized in 1982. But it was the creation of the world wide web in 1989 that revolutionized...
How Americans are perceived by the rest of the world
August 4, 2016 / 5:32 PM / AP BANGKOK -- The rest of the world may think Americans eat a lot of burgers, have huge shopping malls and are ruled by an arrogant government. And yet the "Ugly American," it would seem, isn't all bad. Americans are also seen...
WindowSwap lets you cycle through picturesque views from all over
Some of us are fortunate enough to have a window with a view to help us cope with being inside so much. For those who aren’t so lucky, a new site called WindowSwap can help by letting you cycle through other people’s picturesque views from all over the world.WindowSwap...
Christmas Around The World
All over the world, Christmas celebrations reflect local culture and traditions. The festivities can be startlingly different from country to country, focusing on different aspects of the nativity story.Often hailed “the most wonderful time of the year,” Christmas is a season of unity. This doesn’t just extend to family;...
The finest off-campus apartment community near Baylor!
At Ursa, students can enjoy a community unlike any other in Waco, Texas! Ursa offers both cottage and traditional style apartment housing for Baylor University students – the lifestyle you deserve is available through multiple floorplan types. Large, open floor plans feature private bedrooms, and a true neighborhood setting...
World Energy Consumption Statistics
Slowdown in energy consumption growth in 2019 (+0.6%), much below its historical trendShare of BRICS in the total increase in energy consumption since 2000.Global energy consumption growth slowed down in 2019 (+0.6%) compared to an average 2%/year over the 2000-2018 period, in a context of slower economic growth.Energy consumption...
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?
This article is an updated version of one of the most popular features on PRB’s website, estimating the number of people who have ever been born. We first made this estimate in 1995, with updates in 2002, 2011, 2018, and 2020.“Modern” Homo sapiens (that is, people who were roughly like...