As the East leaves its spookiest season of the Ghost Month behind, nights of wandering dead are just beginning for the West. Whether Dia de Los Muertos or All Hallow’s Eve, the darkening autumn nights are a time to indulge in ideas of the...
Category - Amazing World
There has been many a viral video featuring octopuses, usually starring the otherworldly creatures as they perform a feat of disturbingly intelligent problem-solving or physical resilience. Popular contenders have included these monstrous molluscs...
Nature operates on a delicate balance; when it goes wrong, it goes really wrong. Ecosystems and food chains are one of our planet’s many such balancing acts – however, much like the Force in George Lucas’ universe, breathtaking...
Autumn sees the world around us change from sunshine to darkness, shortening our days and draining nature’s vibrant palette to muted greys and browns. As the pale, chilling limbo of winter approaches, we can’t help but huddle a little closer...
Contemporary author Jess C. Scott once wrote; “The human body is the best work of art.” However, the non-conformist writer, whose genres include urban fantasy and cyberpunk, may well approve of the medical creations by designer Dani Clode. The...
If one were to stand on the edge of Mir mine and look down, one could easily think they were stood at the mouth of Hades itself. Over a mile across, the pit at first appears to be a giant, obliteration-of-the-dinosaurs sized crater, but on closer...
“At the stroke of today’s midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” On 15th August 1947, these words ushered in a new era for India, marking the moment of their emancipation from British occupancy. It was a hard...
In 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act was passed by the British government. In 1839, UK-based charity Anti-Slavery International established themselves, knowing that globally, and even within the British Empire, there was still much more work to be...
There’s big, and then there’s ‘so big that you have your own weather system’ big. Er Wang Dong, a colossal cave network stretching 42 kilometres under Southwest China, is a self-sustaining world that fits into the latter category. Lush green forest...
On July 18th 1918, Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa – a ‘region’ created specifically to home black South Africans as a part of apartheid’s racial segregation. Today, we know him by a name that he was given at primary school...
