Here are the 30 fastest-growing cities of 2014

You start with the Brookings Institute’s “Global Metro Monitor,” and then you move on over to CityLab breaking down the data. In there, you’ll find a chart of, essentially, the 30 fastest-growing cities in the world in 2014. Basically, it looks at the change… Continue Reading

Where can you get the cheapest flight from?

We have some science behind when you should book travel to get the best discounts, and now we have a little bit of science around where you should fly from. Of course, the latter is a little bit restrictive, as people tend to fly… Continue Reading

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They apparently love tagging pictures on Instagram in Bangkok

More fun with 2013 trends: this time, Instagram released its top geo-tagged locations of 2013. In the top 10 are some places you’d expect — Times Square, both Disneyland and Disney World, and the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas. But none of… Continue Reading

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World Toilet Day is a good time to look at the state of running water and plumbing in the world

Today is World Toilet Day, as designated by the United Nations. The basic idea is improving sanitation for 2.5 billion people, or — phrased another way — if you’re reading this in a nice apartment building/home somewhere in America right… Continue Reading