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Designed for Leisure, Sarah Ross’ ‘Archisuits’ Question the Inhospitable Environments of American Cities | Colossal
NOVEMBER 2, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images © Sarah Ross In 2005, artist Sarah Ross designed four absurdly bulging leisure suits to illuminate how public infrastructure is not built for bodies. Among American cities, Los Angeles has a reputation for … Continue reading
About the Tamil language
Today we’re traveling to the lands of ancient kingdoms and civilizations of Southern India, to the lands where they speak languages old as time itself. Tamil is an official language and one of the 6 classical languages of India. It … Continue reading
How Libya Built Brand-New Rivers Across the Sahara
[…] Select video clips courtesy of Getty Images Select video clips courtesy of the AP Archive Special thanks to MapTiler / OpenStreetMap Contributors and GEOlayers 3 […]
50 Fun And Interesting Geography Facts
In this video we’ve got 50 interesting, fun and utterly bizarre geography related facts. If you are watching this video then chances are you are interested in geography and therefore you may already know a lot of these facts but … Continue reading
Reaction ferries are really clever
On the river Rhine in Switzerland, there are reaction ferries: boats with no engine, no paddles, no onboard motive power at all. Here’s how they work — and a question about what other simple ideas are out there. I’m at … Continue reading
The average cost of groceries in Britain vs America
Today we look into the cost of basic groceries like onions and cornflakes to find surprising results in the US and the UK. […]
Sweden’s $100BN City Upgrade
Gothenburg is on a $100BN building spree. […]
The Archeological Find That Broke History
[…] In the mountains of Turkey lies a series of buried monoliths going back nearly a dozen millennia. It’s an archeological site known as Göbekli Tepe, and it’s changed everything we knew about the rise of human civilizations. […]
