Monte Stella: Milan’s Rubble Mountain
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2020
The city of Milan is as flat as a pancake, save for a little bump in the northwest called Monte Stella. In the vast expanse of Po valley, ...
The Healing Soil of Boho
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2020
In the Boho highlands of West Fermanagh Scarplands in Northern Ireland, there is a longstanding belief that the soil from the local churchya...
The World’s Largest Brick Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2020
Before the age of steel and concrete, bricks and stones were the only two materials available to architects and bridge designers hoping to s...
A 16th Century Math Book With Pop-Up Models
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2020
Euclid’s Elements , first published in 300 BC, was one of the most important and influential textbooks ever written in the history of scie...
Alexis St. Martin: The Man With A Hole In His Stomach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2020
By the early 19th century, physicians had a clear understanding of the human anatomy (from dissecting cadavers) but knowledge about the role...
Vladimir Petrovich Demikhov’s Two-Headed Dog
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2020
In 1955, at a meeting of the Moscow Surgical Society, a sensational exhibit was presented to the assembled guests. On the platform close t...
LlÃvia: A Curious Spanish Enclave in France
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2020
A welcome sign on the road to LlÃvia, a landlock state of Spain inside France. Photo: LMspencer/Shutterstock.com Deep in the Pyrenees, s...
The War Rubble of Crosby Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2020
Photo: pshab/Flickr Just beyond the coastguard station at the end of the promenade at Crosby Beach, in Liverpool, is a flat stretch of s...
The Unknown Martyrs Who Became Catacomb Saints
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2020
Relics of saint and holy people have always been an integral part of Christianity. There was a time when bones, skins, fingernails, severe...
Clever Hans: The Horse Who Could Do Math
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2020
In a paved courtyard surrounded by high apartment houses in the northern part of Berlin, a small crowd had gathered to watch an old high s...
