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Category: Geography

WHERE’S BEIRUT? ONCE CALLED ‘THE PARIS OF THE MIDDLE-EAST’

Geography

Lebanon is located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. Its capital, Beirut, is located on at a midpoint of Lebanon’s coast 10,691 km far from the US.

This Small German Town Took Back the Power and Went Fully Renewable

Geography

With 100% of its electricity coming from renewable sources, the German town of Wolfhagen is demonstrative of what can be achieved when municipalities adopt innovative approaches to the ownership and governance of key infrastructure.

How New York’s Union Square Helped Shape Free Speech in the US

Geography
new york union square

New York’s Union Square gained a reputation as a site for political rallies during the Civil War. Following the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in 1861.

THE PRESTIGIOUS HARPY EAGLE

Geography
harpy eagle

A video of the harpy eagle, filmed in South America in 2015.

A Small New Zealand Songbird That Hides Food for Later Use Provides Insights Into Cognitive Evolution

Geography, Science
new zealand robin

The spatial memory performance of the New Zealand robin, shows male birds with superior memory abilities also have better breeding success.

WULINGYUAN: CHINA’S AVATAR MOUNTAIN

Geography
china avatar mountain

One of the most stunning and beautiful places in the world, the Wulingyuan Scenic Area in China’s Hunan Province has more than 3,000 sandstone pillars.

THE DANISH CONCEPT OF ‘HYGGE’ – AND WHY IT’S THEIR LATEST SUCCESSFUL EXPORT

Geography
copenhagen danish capital

If you’re reading this in a comfortable chair, surrounded by tasteful soft furnishings and perhaps even a candle or two, that sense of cosiness you’re feeling might just be hygge.

LONDON BECOMES THE WORLD’S FIRST NATIONAL PARK CITY, COMMITTED TO GIVING PEOPLE ACCESS TO NATURE

Geography, Politics
st james park london

London has been officially designated the world’s first national park city, with a week-long festival of free outdoor events and a ceremony at City Hall to mark the occasion.

Fight to Preserve Elfdalian, Sweden’s Lost Forest Language

Geography
elfdalian sweden

Elfdalian is used only by 2,500 people but is a treasure trove for linguists. It has preserved linguistic features that can’t be found elsewhere.

How Rupture With Mainland Europe Caused Britain To Falter for Hundreds of Years

Geography, History
map of europe and britain

Mainland Europe has always been essential to Britain’s prosperity. When the relationship with Europe is poor, the lot of ordinary Briton is poorer for it.

Car-Free Paris? It Was Already a Dream in 1790

Geography, History
paris without cars

The debate over the place of cars in cities may seem like a recent one, but in fact was raging well before the first automobile even saw the light of day. To better understand, let

How the Pretzel Went From Soft To Hard – and Other Little-Known Facts About One of the World’s Favorite Snacks

Geography
pretzel german food

The pretzel, a German food, and one of the fastest-growing snack foods in the world, recently crossed a billion dollars a year in sales.

A DANISH WORD THE WORLD NEEDS TO COMBAT STRESS: PYT

Geography
happy danish pyt

Pyt doesn’t have an exact English translation. It’s more a cultural concept about cultivating healthy thoughts to deal with stress.

IPCC Report Paints Catastrophic Picture of Melting Ice and Rising Sea Levels – and Reality May Be Even Worse

Geography
sea level rise

Based on almost 7k peer-reviewed research, the report is a cutting-edge crash course in how human-caused climate breakdown is changing our ice and oceans.

How Swedish Literature Reflects the Benefits of a Shorter Working Day

Arts, Economics, Geography, Politics
swedish streets

The world should be inspired by Swedish culture, with more fika, more time for leisurely reading about non-work topics, and more lagom towards jobs.

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    Would you deposit one pound with a bank today if it was going to give you back less than one pound tomorrow?

  • NATO Declares Outer Space an ‘Operational Domain’

    After declaring space a war zone, NATO could start using space weapons that can destroy satellites or incoming enemy missiles.

  • How the Third Reich Managed Ham Radio Hobbyists

    The Nazis were especially interested in ham radio operators, who were part of a worldwide community of hobbyists.

  • Nixon Played a Major Diplomatic Role from 1986 to 1991

    In April 1991, few months before the fall of the USSR, he had a curious visit to Lithuania, Georgia, the Kremlin and the K.G.B.

  • How Gambling Built Baseball – and Then Almost Destroyed It

    Imagine if, after watching the thrilling victory of the Chicago Cubs you learned that the Indians had collaborated with gamblers to intentionally throw the series.

  • Neoliberalism Has Tricked Us Into Believing a Fairytale About Where Money Comes From

    There is nothing natural about money. There is no link to some scarce essential form of it that sets a limit to its creation.

     

  • FCC Orders Phone Companies to End Robocalls

    The FCC released new rules aiming to combat spoofed robocalls. They require phone companies to implement a new protocol.

  • Reddit Co-founder Resigns in Support of Black Community

    Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit

  • Antarctica Blood Falls Mystery Solved

    At first, scientists attributed the color to red algae. But in 2017, a study found that it was rather due to oxidized iron.

  • The Ghostly Photos Taken by the Stasi’s Buttonhole Cameras

    Cameras were even invented so small they could be sewn with the lens behind a buttonhole, the shutter release kept in a pocket.

  • Drinking alcohol isn’t the only cause of high blood alcohol levels.

    Imagine that you’re a police officer. You spot a car ahead that is swerving all over the road. You pull the driver over and she’s clearly intoxicated. With slurred speech, she swears that she hasn’t had a drop of alcohol all day. Would you believe her?

  • Arrests of 6-Year-Olds Show the Perils of Putting Police in Primary Schools

    Instead of being protected, these very young students were placed in handcuffs and arrested. Each one faced misdemeanor battery charges as a result of behavioral outbursts at school, including one instance in which one of the children kicked a school staffer.

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