ATLAS-I: The Cold War-Era Facility That Tested The Effects of EMP on Military Aircraft

Nov 7, 2018

Flying in and out of Albuquerque, in New Mexico, the United States, one can catch a glimpse of a gigantic wooden trestle standing in the mid...

The Buried Village of Al Madam

Nov 7, 2018

About two kilometers south-west of Al Madam, a small town along the old Dubai-Hatta road, is a spooky little abandoned settlement. It was on...

Brine Pools: The Underwater Lakes of Despair

Nov 5, 2018

Just like there are waterfalls underneath oceans , there can be lakes on seabed too. One is kept separate from the surrounding body of wate...

Letters of Utrecht: The Endless Poem

Nov 3, 2018

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...

Killer Wasps And Zombie Cockroaches

Nov 2, 2018

The emerald jewel wasp is a deadly and venomous insect, like all wasps are. Their sting can be excruciatingly painful for humans. Neverthele...

Beijing’s Underground City

Nov 1, 2018

One of the entrance to the Underground City in Beijing. Photo credit: Scott Sherrill-Mix/Flickr In the late 1950s, relation between the tw...

India Unveils World’s Tallest Statue

Oct 31, 2018

The controversial Statue of Unity dedicated to India’s first deputy prime minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was unveiled today at a remo...

Foucault Pendulum And The Pantheon

Oct 31, 2018

In the old Latin quarter in Paris, stands a magnificent 18th century building—the temple to all the gods, the Pantheon. Originally construct...

The Disgusting Food Museum

Oct 30, 2018

A new museum aimed to assault the olfactory senses of visitors and churn their stomach opened yesterday in Sweden’s third largest city, Mal...

Horse-Drawn Boats

Oct 30, 2018

Before diesel and electric engines made sailing convenient, boats and barges had to be either rowed or pulled. In many European countries su...