Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-08
Continent Stack
An interactive equal-area visualization that stacks continent outlines at one shared scale, making their real relative sizes easy to compare.
Why it surfacedIt tackles the familiar Greenland-versus-Africa map illusion with unusually careful geometry: each outline uses a Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection, and the page documents contested boundaries and cross-checks its figures. Readers can switch between four-, five-, six-, and seven-continent models, peel through the 3D stack, and compare layers without installing anything.
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The Fax Is Thinking
August 8’s newborn domains include a chatbot that replies only by fax, an Elmira tax analysis built from 1,689 sales, a map protecting Jeju divers’ precise fishing grounds, and 58 boxes catalogued into one uncle’s 1,113-book library.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-08 Domain Arrivals issue.