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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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Negative Interest Rates Will Not Fix the Global Economy

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

  • The US Is Worried About Its Critical Minerals Supply Chains

    When U.S. companies build military weapons systems, electric vehicle batteries, satellites and wind turbines, they rely heavily on a few dozen “critical minerals” – many of which are mined and refined almost entirely by other countries. Building a single F-35A fighter jet, for example, requires at least 920 pounds of rare earth elements that come primarily from China.

  • Why the New Trillions Did Not Cause Hyperinflation?

    The Fed issues as much dollars as needed by writing the new trillions on its balance sheet. These new trillions are channeled usually via government bond buying or through the banking system.

    The US government designs its economic policies in a way that makes its trade balance of payments always negative (by large values). Therefore, trillions keep flowing overseas (to pay China, EU, Japan etc for the imported goods and services).

    Moreover, the US coerces foreign governments to trade between each others in USD; especially for oil and gas. In this way, the ‘excess’ dollars keep circulating worldwide.

  • Japan to Build Wooden Satellites to Avoid Space Junk

    Sumitomo Forestry, a Japanese wood processing company, has started developing wooden satellites, in partnership with Kyoto University.

    The project is proposed as a solution to the space junk problem. Thus, end-of-life wooden satellites would fully burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere without leaving any harmful debris.

  • A Global Shortage Highlights a Troubling Trend: A Small Number of the World’s Chips Are Made In the US

    It might not seem important that 88% of the semiconductor chips used by U.S. industries, including the automotive and defense industries, are fabricated outside the U.S. However, three issues make where they are made critical to the U.S. as the global leader in electronics: lower capability, high global demand and limited investment.

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