Figures from the Global Solar Atlas for The World Bank, as analyzed by Statista, reveal the average potential of solar energy around the world and as this infographic shows, Africa is out in front. When combining the average long-term practical yield o…
Tesla has been knocked from its post as the world’s leading manufacturer of 100% battery electric vehicles (BEV) by Chinese car maker BYD. According to data from CleanTechnica, BYD produced 506,868 fully electric cars in the first half of this year, wh…
As deaths mount from gun-related violence in the U.S., so do the sales of firearms, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Data from 2020 shows how gun production has increased nearly threefold over the past 2…
Given that agricultural land is expanding at the expense of forests, marine stocks are being decimated by overfishing and coral reefs are getting clogged by plastic, it comes as no real surprise that plant and animal species are getting decimated. The …
There has been another shooting in the U.S., this time at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb, which left six people dead and scores more wounded. Just one day before, Europe too was rocked by gun violence as a man killed three people and injur…
Looking back as far as 1580, the U.S. is the number one shark attack hotspot is the world, a long way ahead of second-placed Australia with 1,563 and 682 attacks respectively. More countries with long (tropical) coastlines and islands appear on the lis…
More than 1,500 flights in the U.S. have been canceled and a further 15,000 delayed over the July 4 weekend, as the sheer number of Americans setting out to enjoy the holidays overcame airports’ abilities to cope with such high volumes of traffic. Data…
The rise of video streaming services not only changed the way that content is delivered to consumers but also the way that said content is consumed. While traditional TV channels used to release new episodes of their shows episode by episode, week afte…
Americans’ pride in their country has steadily fallen since Gallup started conducting a survey on the subject in 2001. Now, national pride in the U.S. has plummeted to an all-time low, as the fewest respondents in the history of the poll said they were…
According to Mercer’s Cost of Living Index, Hong Kong is the least affordable city on the planet for foreign employees. Mercer ranked more than 200 cities from across the globe based on the prices of more than 200 items from categories such as housing,…