classical_hero
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Lots of countries not listed have nuclear plants.
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uat2d
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And countries like Portugal are listed but don't have nuclear power.
mitsho
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no so easy after all...
It's about science, but what science is there in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, that's not present in the US? More generally, what sort of science does one not find somewhere in the US?
It's not about France or French, as many many Frenchspeaking countries are not coloured (Switzerland, Luxembourg, half of Africa...)
I'm assuming as "the scale is very small" that they are single numbers, so France has 5 of x, whereas Iraq has only 1 of x. Is it something around number of recipients of the award for something sciency related?
I guess it has to have something to do with nationalities of certain persons rather than the states themselves as they do seem to be very random, but still confined to specific regions (there's Europe, there's former Soviet Bloc countries, there's the Middle East with usbekistan somewhere between those two last categories).
If I've counted correctly, there's 46 instances of X around the world. Some sort of commision of the UN?
repost as it's on a new site.
It's about science, but what science is there in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, that's not present in the US? More generally, what sort of science does one not find somewhere in the US?
It's not about France or French, as many many Frenchspeaking countries are not coloured (Switzerland, Luxembourg, half of Africa...)
I'm assuming as "the scale is very small" that they are single numbers, so France has 5 of x, whereas Iraq has only 1 of x. Is it something around number of recipients of the award for something sciency related?
I guess it has to have something to do with nationalities of certain persons rather than the states themselves as they do seem to be very random, but still confined to specific regions (there's Europe, there's former Soviet Bloc countries, there's the Middle East with usbekistan somewhere between those two last categories).
If I've counted correctly, there's 46 instances of X around the world. Some sort of commision of the UN?
repost as it's on a new site.
Eat_Up_Martha
Prince
Contributions to some specific scientific project?
gangleri2001
Garbage day!!!
A scientific project led by France, Israel and Spain?
uat2d
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Is it related to the TGV?
Dreadnought
Deity
Present day.
Nope.
Nope.
You mean high speed rail? Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
Not a commission of the UN. You are right, though, about the scale.
CLUE NUMBER TWO: Ignore any demographics involved with the select nations; the map has nothing to do with population, infrastructure, etc. Focus on the location of the nations.
Previous Clue: It's related to a particular branch of science.
Eat_Up_Martha
Prince
Astronomy doesn't make much sense to me. What could be observed in France but not Switzerland or others?
Maybe mineral deposits of some sort? Species distribution?
Dreadnought
Deity
Getting warmer...
Optical
The Fall of the Eleventh
Distribution of wolves?
EDIT: Wait, NVM, that can't be it.
EDIT: Wait, NVM, that can't be it.
Dreadnought
Deity
I'll give one more clue (an obvious one) later.
Dreadnought
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FINAL CLUE: Think prehistoric.
Neanderthal (or other early human) remains?
If that ain't it, I'll eat my hat.
classical_hero
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If you wrong, of course.
Dreadnought
Deity
We have a winner!
The map is colored by number of Neanderthal discoveries. Hence, France and Iberia are darker than the others.
mitsho
Deity
But you couldn't map the actual Neander Valley with a star or something ;-)
But good one...!
But good one...!
Shame I don't have a map.
I once wanted to make a map similar to that one, but couldn't find the data. So . . . open floor.
I once wanted to make a map similar to that one, but couldn't find the data. So . . . open floor.
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