Kīpuka: A Different Kind of Volcanic Island
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 10, 2022
Sometimes when a volcano erupts and the subsequent lava flows engulf the mountain slope and the surrounding terrain, some pieces of the land...
Acta Diurna: The First Roman Newspaper
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2022
According to Cicero, from the beginning of Roman history the Pontifex Maximus compiled on a white table the most important events that had ...
How to Color The World
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2022
In addition to classifying thousands of animals and plants, early naturalists faced an enormous challenge: accurately describing their color...
Weighing The Mayor of High Wycombe
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 4, 2022
Every year at the Annual Meeting of the Charter Trustees of the town of High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, England, a new mayor is elected. T...
The 477-Mile Lightning Bolt
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2022
How far can a lightning bolt travel? Awfully far, as revealed by the World Meteorological Organization recently. In a press release publi...
Inflated Bullock Skin Boats
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2022
In the early 1900s, American school teacher, traveler, and photographer, James Ricalton, went to India and traveled extensively throughout t...
How a Finnish Polka Song Defeated The Mighty Red Army
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 2, 2022
Three months after Hitler invaded Poland triggering a series of nasty and costly wars across the world, the Soviet Union took the opportunit...
Operation Epsilon: When Allied Forces Locked Ten German Scientists Together in a House
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2022
Near the end of World War 2, the Allied forces arrested ten German scientists who were thought to have worked on Nazi Germany's nuclear ...
The Nazi Gold of Merkers Mine
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2022
When the advancing Third Army of the United States marched into the captured German town of Merkers-Kieselbach towards the end of World War ...
Ancient Board Games
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2022
Playing games is a great way to socialize with friends and pass time in an enjoyable way. Humans recognized this a long time ago before ther...
