The Great Comet of 1861
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2022
The 19th century was a great time for sky watchers. Between 1811 and 1882 as many as eight great comets became visible from earth dazzling s...
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A Thunderstorm Called Hector
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2022
Nearly every afternoon, from September to March, a thunderstorm develops over the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia. It happens so regularl...
Gympie-Gympie: The Stinging Plant Which Can Inflict Pain For Months
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2021
Gympie-Gympie sounds adorable, but if you pay any attention to its scientific name Dendrocnide moroides , you would know its to be avoided. ...
Dog on The Tuckerbox
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2021
One of Australia’s famous pioneer monuments is located in the small town of Gundagai about half way between Melbourne and Sydney. The monume...
King’s Holly: The 43,600 Year Old Plant
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2021
Lomatia tasmanica, commonly known as King's lomatia or King’s Holly, is an unusual plant. It bears flowers, yet produces neither fruit n...
Maliwawa Figures: A Rock Art Style Like No Other
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2021
Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, has a remarkable range and number of rock art sites, rivalling that of Europe, southern Africa and ...
The Largest War Memorial in The World is a 243 Kilometer Highway
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 11, 2021
When the First World War ended, the soldiers who had participated in it and were lucky enough to survive, returned to their homes. As in all...
Pitch Drop Experiment: The World’s Longest Running Lab Experiment
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2020
The pitch drop experiment began in 1927 when Professor Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, set out to dem...
Henley-On-Todd: The Waterless Regatta
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 8, 2020
Every August, Alice Springs, a large town in the heart of Australia’s Northern Territory, holds an unusual boat race on Todd River, a river ...
Australia's Great Artesian Basin
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2020
Australia is dry, hot, unimaginably infertile and the most inhospitable of all inhabited continents. Yet, underneath the parched land, lies ...
