The Galloping Horse Problem And The World’s First Motion Picture

Jun 19, 2019

“The 1821 Derby at Epsom” by Théodore Géricault Horses have appeared in works of art throughout history. They have appeared in prehistoric...

Cunningham Sanitarium

Jun 17, 2019

On the shores of Lake Erie, in Cleveland, the United States, there once stood a giant steel sphere sixty-four feet tall. Inside the sphere ...

Mocha Dick: The Whale That Inspired Moby Dick

Jun 15, 2019

About thirty kilometers off the coast of Chile is a small teardrop-shaped island called Mocha, inhabited by the indigenous Mapuche people. ...

Taiwan’s Giant Wall of Propaganda Spewing Speakers

Jun 13, 2019

Just off the southeastern coast of mainland China, lies a group of two islands collectively called Kinmen. For over seventy years, these is...

The Avian Honeyguides of Africa

Jun 12, 2019

South of the great Sahara Desert in North Africa, there lives a bird called the greater honeyguide ( Indicator indicator ) that has develop...

The Great Aurora of 1859

Jun 11, 2019

On the evening of September 2, 1859, after the sun went down on the western hemisphere, a spectacular show of light began on the skies abov...

Churches of Peace: The Churches That Defied The Holy Roman Emperor

Jun 7, 2019

In the towns of Jawor and Świdnica, in the Silesia neighborhood of Wroclaw, Poland, stand two magnificent timber-framed churches. The Holy ...

Pretty in Pink: The Muralla Roja

Jun 7, 2019

This innovative pastel-colored postmodern apartment complex is a popular landmark in the coastal town of Calpe, Spain. It is called Muralla...

Telefon Hírmondó, The Telephone Newspaper

Jun 6, 2019

When cell phones were first introduced, they were unattractive, brick-like devices that could do nothing more than make voice calls and sen...

Vellir: This Icelandic Geyser is in The Middle of a River

Jun 6, 2019

Iceland has many geysers but none is stranger than Vellir, also known as Árhver, because it is located smack in the middle of a flowing riv...