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The Legacy of Saddam’s Architecture of Fear
Empires rise and fall, but the physical foundations they lay remain like ghosts. Fifty years ago Baghdad had just three public sculptures. During the revolution mobs destroyed two of them, leaving just one dedicated to an obscure prime minister. Today Iraq proliferates with imposing monuments and lavish palaces. But what has become of this architecture of fear since the fall of Saddam?
Continue reading...Flash Flood!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Suddenly, the raging torrent of water sweeps over land unprepared for its onslaught. A flash flood has begun. Often associated with severe storms, these extremely dangerous hazards occur when the ground becomes saturated with heavy rain that has fallen too quickly for the water to be absorbed. The rainfall can rip through riverbeds, streets or mountain canyons, surging rapidly downhill – as this sequence of pictures shows.
Continue reading...Geological Faults that Tear the Earth Apart
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
An earthquake shaking the very foundations you live on would be jeopardy enough for most people to endure, but if upon stepping outside your home you were also to find massive fissures riddling the earth, cathedral-sized alarm bells would start ringing. Cracks appearing in the ground during major seismic events is picture book stuff, but let's see how they look for real, while considering the forces that cause them – and the effects they have.
Continue reading...Precariously Loaded Trucks
Monday, June 8, 2009
If you have ever travelled in areas of the world where, how should we say, truck limits and loads are not taken that seriously, you might be familiar with the strange, gravity-defying sights that are to follow. We hope you've strapped yourself in properly as you're in for a bumpy ride. Here’s our Top 10 of precariously loaded trucks.
Continue reading...The Deadly Gangs Of El Salvador
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Mara Savatrucha, or MS-13, is one the most notorious gangs in the world. Yet MS-13 and other gangs such as Calle 18 originated just decades ago among the Salvadorian immigrant community of Los Angeles. Soon the US authorities began deporting gang members back to El Salvador, exporting LA gang culture to a country rife with weapons from civil war and sparking an explosion in vicious gang-related crime.
Continue reading...30 Abstract Satellite Images of Earth
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
NASA’s scientists had a brilliant idea: to scan through 400,000 images taken by the Landsat 7 satellite and display only the most the most beautiful. A handful of the best were painstakingly chosen and then displayed at the Library of Congress in 2000.
Continue reading...2 Storey House Floats to British Colombia
Monday, June 23, 2008
Image by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times When people move to another town, they usually sell their house and buy another one. Well…not the O’Farrells. Jennifer and Tim found their dream home and liked it so much, they decided to have it shipped to Vancouver Island.
Continue reading...Chrysler Offers 2.99 Gas. Is This a Good Idea?
Friday, May 9, 2008
Don’t you worry about a thing, darlin’. That gas is capped at 2.99. Image from MShades I think I’ve been more than a little vocal about the gas price crisis in America, but have, aside from making fun of our Presidential candidates, left out all of [...]
Continue reading...Black Gold: How Brazil May Have Catapulted Itself To Massive Oil Riches
Friday, April 18, 2008
As I type this, plans to invade Brazil that haven’t seen the light of day since 1936 are being dusted off in the Pentagon. Image from hanneorla The proud home of Ronaldo, Pele, and some of the hottest women on the planet has struck 33 billion barrels of oil [...]
Continue reading...China’s Solar Hot Water Capacity Will Soon be Equivalent to 40 Nuclear Plants
Friday, February 22, 2008
How far behind are Canada and the United States? How about these for eye-opening statistics: Solar collectors on the roof of an apartment block in Xian, China. Image by Richard Chambers
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Monday, November 2, 2009
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