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How Island Evolution Forged a Bizarre Mammal...

May 4, 2020

In July 1999, David Krause was enjoying the balmy winter weather of Madagascar as he dug in the dirt for dinosaurs. The island’s soil was fertile ground for life in ancient times. At the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago, Madagascar—already an island at that point, having chipped off of a drifting India some 20 million years prior—crawled with the legendary reptiles of the age, from meat-eating theropods to a 20-foot-long constrictor snake. Which is why...

Old City Wall of Berlin in...

May 4, 2020

Centuries before Berlin’s most notorious wall epitomized the Iron Curtain, another wall defined the cityscape. The Berlin Stadtmauer, or City Wall, was erected sometime during the 13th century as a defensive barrier to fortify the city. Spanning around 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers), the wall encompassed Berlin’s medieval perimeters (an area which now includes the Alexanderplatz neighborhood), as well as its sister-city Cölln. However, the city of Berlin gradually extended past its medieval borders, absorbing neighboring Cölln and eventually transforming...

Gunpowder Track in Sundbyberg, Sweden

May 4, 2020

These pathways found in the cities of Solna and Sundbyberg, were once home to train tracks that were used to transport important military cargo across the countryside. The tracks ran from the Northern Main Line just north of Ulriksdal to Tygförvaltningen. They were hidden in the forest and were primarily used to move munitions. This is how these mysterious tracks garnered their moniker. The actual tracks were removed long ago, but at the end of the road, visitors will find a platform next to...

The Zoom Era Inspires a ‘Bookshelf Championship’...

May 4, 2020

In late March, the satirist behind Uma Página Numa Rede Social, a humorous political analysis project based in Portugal, noticed a curious shift in the evening news. With offices closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the most sought-after politicos were Skyping into national television, just as the rest of us Zoom into staff meetings. “We saw a paradigm shift taking place before our eyes,” the satirist says. (He asked not to be named because he fears retaliation for his...

DZI Sofia Center in Sofia, Bulgaria

May 4, 2020

The Sofia center office of DZI (State Insurance Institute) is a corner building that presents a clash of architectural styles. The building was constructed around 1926 as the head office for one of the first insurance companies in Bulgaria. It was designed in the Secession style with delicate ornaments that conveyed an elegant beauty. The pinnacle of the building’s design is the corner dome that houses a clock. There is a sculpture of a mother with her two children and...

The Life and Fiery Death of the...

May 4, 2020

For the thousands of people around the world who’d once visited and admired the world’s largest treehouse in Crossville, Tennessee, the news came as an awful shock. In October 2019, a blaze consumed the singular construction. But for Horace Burgess, the treehouse’s architect, this is just how things go. He was well acquainted with how it feels to lose your own, self-built treehouse in an angry conflagration. Heck, he’d already burned one down himself. “It was just evil,” says...

How to Turn a Walk in the...

May 4, 2020

No trees feature more prominently in Native American folklore than evergreens. Pines are a symbol of reconciliation to the Oneida of New York state; spruce represents good fortune to the Salish tribes surrounding Puget Sound; cedars retain protective ancestral spirits for the Cherokee of the American Southeast. If evergreens are pervasive in folklore, they’re even more popular in Native American kitchens. The indigenous practice of steeping evergreen leaves is as simple as it is ancient, though it’s no relic....

Hotell Hackspett (Woodpecker Hotel) in Västerås, Sweden

May 4, 2020

One of the main attractions in the Swedish city of Västerås is the city’s central park, called Vasaparken after the famous Swedish king. This beautiful green heart is a popular place for locals and visitors alike. And it offers something not found in many other city’s green spaces: a tiny hotel located at the top of a tree. Hotell Hackspett, or the Woodpecker Hotel, was the brainchild of Mikael Genberg, who also created the Utter Inn, a floating hotel...

Edivo Vina Winery in Drače, Croatia

May 4, 2020

The key to drinking and diving is to make sure the diving comes first. It’s an order of operations that Edivo Vina has perfected. They’re Croatia’s first and only underwater winery, and if you want your very own hand-selected, barnacle-encrusted, underwater-aged bottle of vino, you’re going to have to dive for it. The alternative winery located in Croatia’s Peljesac peninsula is the brainchild of Edi Bajurin, who—it may not surprise you—combined his two favorite hobbies to create one unexpected...

Gold 20-stater of Eucratides I in Paris,...

May 4, 2020

Most modern money is quite light. Bimetallism, a monetary standard based upon a fixed exchange rate of two metals, is long out of practice, and the weights of circulating coins are seldom over 10 grams, unlike the early 20th century when the silver dollar weighed a whopping 26.7 grams. But historically, heavy coinage wasn’t that rare. In the third century B.C., the early Roman Republic issued a series of bronze coinage today referred to as aes grave (“heavy bronze”), the...

Greenland Has a Grand Canyon Beneath Its...

May 1, 2020

On its surface, Greenland doesn’t exactly live up to its name. It’s very cold and covered in a massive ice sheet that’s nearly two miles thick in places. But beneath that sheet there is a giant, rocky island that wasn’t always frozen over, with an undulating topography of valleys and river corridors, including one canyon as deep as the Grand Canyon in places and longer than its famous cousin—spanning the distance from New York to Washington, D.C., twice over....

This Image Was Crowned NASA’s Most Spectacular...

May 1, 2020

After five rounds of eye-popping competition, NASA’s Earth Observatory has anointed a winner in its Tournament Earth contest‚ the ideal springtime bracket challenge for science and photography nerds. If you’re keen to take a mental vacation from the woes of this world, let your eyes wander the details in the winning image—a depiction of ocean sand and seaweed in the Bahamas, snapped from space. Home to deep trenches and busy volcanoes, the ocean floor is anything but flat—and in...

A Trove of Sad, Funny, and Familiar...

May 1, 2020

On November 21, 1918, an Indianapolis schoolteacher named Hildreth Heiney wrote to her deployed fiancé, Sergeant Kleber Hadley, about the sudden appearance of face masks in response to the global influenza pandemic. “Yes, I wore one, and so did everybody else,” she wrote cheerfully. “There were all kinds—large and small—thick and thin, some embroidered and one cat-stitched around the edge.” An order to wear masks in public had just taken effect in Indiana, and Heiney seemed to take it...

Tips for Hotels During the Corona (COVID-19)...

April 24, 2020

The Corona (COVID-19) virus global pandemic is an unprecedented crisis and hotels are among the many businesses feeling the effects, as global travel restrictions come into force and entire countries face ‘lock down’ procedures. This article will offer tips for hotel owners looking for ways to optimise revenue and limit the damage. Quick menu: What is the Effect of the Coronavirus Crisis on Hotels? 11 Tips for Hotels During the Corona (COVID-19) Crisis Tips to Communicate Hygiene Measures 1....

Marketing Tips For the Hospitality & Travel...

April 22, 2020

During the Corona (COVID-19) crisis, there is a lot of uncertainty in the travel industry. Billions of damage are imminent for the travel industry. Only relief from measures against the Corona (COVID-19) virus can ease the economic pain. The hope of travel organisations is focused on summer and autumn business. But how do you deal with online marketing during this crisis period? And how can you prepare your organisation for what’s to come? In this article we share some...

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