The Rzhev Memorial to Soviet Soldiers
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2020
A towering new statue honoring Soviet soldiers who lost their lives during the Second World War is to be unveiled tomorrow, June 30, in th...
The Polar Bear Jail of Churchill
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2020
Living in Churchill in northern Manitoba, Canada, has its perils. Situated on the banks of Hudson Bay, approximately 1,000 km north of the p...
The Lost Patents
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2020
The United States Patent and Trademark Office was established in 1790, and since then the federal office has issued over 10 million patents ...
The Meridian That Stood Up To Greenwich
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2020
Railways, in the late 19th century, ushered in a revolution in transport, but with that arose one unexpected problem. Back then, there was...
Turning Night Into Day: Nuclear Explosions in Space
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2020
On August 1, 1958, a few minutes before midnight, an intense flash of white light tore across the night sky illuminating everything it touch...
Liverpool’s Secret Tunnels Built By An Eccentric “Philanthropist”
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2020
Williamson Tunnels under Edge Hill, in Liverpool. Photo: Friend of Williamson’s Tunnels Joseph Williamson was a wealthy businessman, but...
That Time When The US Almost Blew Up North Carolina
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2020
During the 1950s and 60s, the United States suffered a string of mishaps with nuclear weapons. From lost nukes to accidentally dropping bomb...
OncoMouse: The Mouse That Disrupted Science
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2020
In 1988, the US Patent Office awarded for the first time in history a patent for an animal to the Harvard University. The U.S. Patent Numb...
Bōsai Musen: Japan’s 5 PM Chime
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2020
The loudspeaker of Japan’s national disaster warning system in Owkudani Hakone, Japan. Photo: WAN CHEUK NANG/Shutterstock.com For those ...
Dürer's Rhinoceros: A 16th-Century Viral Fake
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2020
Five hundred years ago, Europe saw its first rhinoceros in more than a thousand years. The animal was fairly common during Roman times see...
The Cobbled Hell of Trouée d'Arenberg
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2020
The famous cobblestone road through the forest of Saint-Amand-Wallers, in France. Photo: Radu Razvan/Shutterstock.com The forest of Sain...
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...
Llívia: A Curious Spanish Enclave in France
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2020
A welcome sign on the road to Llívia, 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...
