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Berlin’s 3300ft Artificial Mountain
As if Berlin wasn’t by many estimations already Europe’s most buzzing city, plans are afoot to make the German capital literally tower above the competition. An idea for a 1000-m-tall, man-made mountain branded The Berg has been put forward by zany architect Jacob Tigges. Complete with verdant alpine slopes and a winter snow-capped peak, The Berg is being billed as Berlin’s next big thing – an iconic landmark beyond belief.
Continue reading...The Legacy of Ernst Haeckel
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
As the faith versus science wars first exploded across the western world, altering forever the place of religion in society, he was one of the most visible and powerful speakers in favour of evolution. But in his haste to popularise this new scientific idea, the ‘Darwin of the continent’ was to perpetuate a fraud that would come to overshadow all his other achievements.
Continue reading...Giant Sinkhole Devours Cologne’s Past
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
More than a week back, on Tuesday, 3rd March, the archive of the city of Cologne in Germany collapsed. The building at Severinstrasse 222-228 housed more than 18 km (!) of shelves, which held more than 65,000 documents, 500,000 photographs of the city and 100,000 architectural drawings and plans. While some are blaming the ongoing subway construction, we’re wondering – could it be another case of a giant sinkhole devouring everything around it?
Continue reading...Bull Charges Through Home and Exits Through Front Door
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Not the actual bull, above image taken in Pamplona by Eneko Alonso No, this isn’t bull – excuse the pun. No, like something from a cartoon or an indoor Pamplona bull festival, a German family were left gob-smacked when one of the beasts charged into their house [...]
Continue reading...Is a German Nuclear Waste Train Poisoning Russians?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Apparently the Germans are still sore about that whole “losing to Russia in World War II” thing, and they’re getting back at them with a unique Trojan horse type solution. A train carrying nuclear waste in Bristol, England. Image by Chris McKenna A German train loaded with nuclear waste [...]
Continue reading...The City that Just Said No to Nuclear
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Some 30 years ago, I lived in the small city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Freiburg, Germany. Photo by CrazyD At that time, Ontario Hydro wanted to build a nuclear plant in nearby Pickering, Ontario. Between sets at the annual summer concert in Peterborough’s Crary Park a man got [...]
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Monday, November 16, 2009
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