The Cyanometer of Ljubljana
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 26, 2017
At some point in life, almost every child on Earth asks, “Why is the sky blue?” Today we know the answer—the sky appears blue because molecu...
The Museum of Failure
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2017
Every successful product launch is usually preceded by a string of failures, but we only remember the winners and ignore the failures and pr...
Underwater Mailboxes Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2017
Remember the last time you were diving underwater and you suddenly remembered an important letter you had to post that very instant? Yup, it...
The Dolerite Columns of Coastal Tasmania
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2017
The coastline of the southern Tasmania, in Australia, is composed of stunning rock columns that protrude up to 300 meters from the sea level...
Djerbahood: The Street Art Drive That Transformed A Tunisian Village
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2017
The sleepy little village of Erriadh on the island of Djerba—once known as the “island of dreams”— is not part of Tunisia’s tourist circuit....
The Fainting Goats of Tennessee
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2017
Unlike humans, animals rarely faint from surprise, panic attacks or any other strong emotional stress. But there is a breed of goat that app...
Enormous Iceberg Stranded in Canadian Town
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2017
Icebergs are not a rare sight off the east coast of Canada. Indeed, there is an area stretching from the coast of Labrador to the northeast ...
Coco de mer: The Forbidden Fruit
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2017
In the islands of Praslin and Curieuse, in the Seychelles, grows one of the most exclusive palm trees in the world. The coco de mer ( Lodoic...
The Al-Rajajil Standing Stones
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2017
Al-Rajajil, sometimes referred to as the Standing Men, or Standing Stones, are a collection of some fifty groups of man-made stone columns n...
The Rosetta Disk: Preserving The World’s Languages
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2017
It is estimated that there are some 7,000 spoken languages in the world, of which nearly half are in danger of extinction and are likely to ...
