Project West Ford: Earth’s Artificial Ring
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2017
In the summer of 1963, the United States successfully put a gigantic ring around the earth. But unlike Saturn, earth’s ring was not made of ...
De Poezenboot: Amsterdam’s Cat Boat
Anonymous
May 3, 2017
A city with over one hundred kilometers of canals, it’s no surprise that Amsterdam is full of houseboats. However, one such boat in the hist...
The Wild Horses of Namib Desert
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2017
The sparsely vegetated plains around Garub on the eastern fringe of the Namib Desert is no paradise. The land is barren, the climate dry and...
Mary And Her Little Lamb
Kaushik Patowary
May 1, 2017
The childhood nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is familiar to all, but did you know it’s based on a real Mary and a real l...
This Football Stadium in Henningsvær
Kaushik Patowary
May 1, 2017
The Henningsvær Idrettslag Stadion in the small fishing village of Henningsvær, located on two small islands off Lofoten, in Norway, can har...
The Brand New Island of Surtsey
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2017
Located about 30 kilometers off the southern coast of Iceland, lies the small island of Surtsey. It is one of the world's youngest islan...
The Forgotten Ruins of Mrauk U
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2017
Spread across the beautiful rolling hills of Rakhine in Western Burma, lies a little known archeological site—the medieval town of Mrauk U. ...
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...
