Alejandro Polanco Masa·6d agoThe Geography of Five Millennia of WarSome mapping projects start out with “huge” ambitions, while others seem downright impossible. War Atlas falls into the second category…
Alejandro Polanco Masa·May 27The wild carrot and its evolutionary “trick”This morning, while walking near the hospital in Ciudad Real (Spain), I photographed these beautiful specimens of Daucus carota (there are…
Alejandro Polanco Masa·Apr 13OpenGridWorks: An Amazing Global Energy MapThere’s been a lot of buzz in the world of cartography and data visualization about this project in recent days. It’s really cool, so I’ve…A response icon1A response icon1
Alejandro Polanco Masa·Feb 9Echoes of an Old ModemA few days ago, I posted a photo on social media showing the configuration of what was my first computer, purchased way back in December…
Alejandro Polanco Masa·Dec 15, 2025A House That Turns with the Wind (1974)On several occasions, I have discussed examples of rotating buildings. Without looking too hard, I remember mentioning the case of Villa…
Alejandro Polanco Masa·Nov 15, 2025Are Satellite Communications Insecure?The persistence of unencrypted satellite communications and metadata.
Alejandro Polanco Masa·Nov 13, 2025Itiner-e, the road map of the Roman Empire that everyone is talking aboutRediscovering the Roman world through its network of roads
Alejandro Polanco Masa·Oct 27, 2025The Aliens of Palencia Cathedral (Spain)There are two ‘aliens’ in the ‘Unknown Beauty’ cathedral in Palencia (Spain). I mentioned them some time ago, but when I passed by a few…
Alejandro Polanco Masa·Oct 11, 2025The “Gravity Clock” from 1920From time to time, my attention is drawn to advertisements that appear in publications I am reviewing in search of information on specific…
Alejandro Polanco Masa·May 20, 2025Are there Natural Hydrogen Reserves for 170,000 Years?The natural hydrogen “springs” are becoming popular, and with good reason. I just read an article about it in Scientific American:
