The Secret of the Blood Falls of Antarctica
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2010
From a crack in the Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica flows a curious blood-red colored water. When it was first disco...
Miracles You’ll See In The Next Fifty Years: An Article from 1950
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2010
Like most predictions about the future, this article from Popular Mechanics dated Feb, 1950 , does a pretty mediocre job. Some predictions a...
Spectacular Opening Ceremony of Asian Games 2010 in China
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2010
The largest-ever Asian Games got under way on Friday night with a spectacular opening ceremony. Directed by Chen Weiya, who was the assistan...
The Fantasy Coffins of Ghana
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2010
For the Ga tribe in coastal Ghana, funerals are a time of mourning, but also of celebration. The Ga people believe that when their loved one...
Cologne Carnival 2010 Begins
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 12, 2010
Each year, on November 11 at exactly 11 minutes past 11 marks the kick-off of Carnival in Cologne, Germany. On this mid-November day, reside...
London to Brighton Vintage Car Race 2010
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2010
The route along the A23 from London to Brighton in south-east England is popular for races, tours, charity rides and rallies. The route was ...
Sniffer Rats Detect Landmines and Tuberculosis in Mozambique
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2010
Mozambique is still littered with land mines from the country's civil war that ended in 1992. According to Handicap International, an es...
Ceramics of Horror by Jessica Harrison
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2010
While the tradition of decorative ceramic figurines is filled with beautiful and serene subject, UK ceramic artist Jessica Harrison takes a...
Illustrated Guide to Italian Hand Gestures
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2010
Hand gestures and body language is as vital a communication medium as spoken language itself. Gestures pre-dates any language in the world, ...
Port Lockroy Museum and Post Office in Antarctica
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 8, 2010
Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula of the British Antarctic Territory. Originally discovered in 1903 by a French A...
