January 4, 2016 0 The Tunnels that Save Turtles from Trains The Japanese city of Kobe is the sixth-largest in the nation (by population). Like most other Japanese [...]
December 28, 2015 0 Jólabókaflóð Iceland is a small island nation, home to only about 330,000 people. Its population is generally rather [...]
December 23, 2015 0 The Weekender: December 23, 2015 1) “We Aren’t the World” (Pacific Standard, 20 minutes, February 2013). The test that [...]
December 21, 2015 0 The Tunnel of Hope The tunnel ran about a half of a mile (800m) long. With a ceiling height of just under five feet (1.5m), most [...]
December 18, 2015 0 Hey, Dude The word “dude” means “man” and, increasingly, applies generically to any person. [...]
December 16, 2015 0 Kijong-dong In 1953, North and South Korea entered into an armistice which ended the Korean War and provided a shaky [...]
December 15, 2015 0 A Run on Nylons In April of 1939, DuPont Chemical introduced nylon stockings to the world at the World’s Fair in New York [...]
December 14, 2015 0 How Panama United Great Britain Scotland and England (and Wales, too, but that’s another story) share the island typically known as [...]
December 11, 2015 0 The Weekender: December 11, 2015 1) “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food” (New York Times, 39 minutes, February [...]
December 10, 2015 0 The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine George Miller Beard was born in 1839. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1862, and in 1866 earned a [...]