Letters of Utrecht: The Endless Poem
In the Dutch city of Utrecht, a poem is growing—one letter at a time, every week, for the past six years. Every Saturday, at around one in...
In the Dutch city of Utrecht, a poem is growing—one letter at a time, every week, for the past six years. Every Saturday, at around one in...
The emerald jewel wasp is a deadly and venomous insect, like all wasps are. Their sting can be excruciatingly painful for humans. Neverthele...
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Maison Carrée in Nimes, France . Photo credit: Lamax/Shutterstock.com The Maison Carrée in the city of Nimes, in southern France, is the o...
About 8 kilometers south of Ypres, in the middle of a farm, is a small green pond known as the “Pool of Peace”, but its creation was a rathe...