Asphalt is to skateboarding as the dessert is to…sandboarding? Wait, is that really a thing? Get ready for a crash course in the extreme sport that brings our inner Tony Hawk in out among the cacti. Sandboarding is exactly what it sounds like: snowboarding but over sand rather than snow. For this reason, it is […]
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On the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe lies a waterfall. It is part of the Zambezi River and known in the Lozi language as “Mosi-oa Tunya,” or “The Smoke that Thunders.” However, most people simply refer to it as Victoria Falls. And a lot of people do talk about it…being the largest waterfall in the […]
It’s not uncommon for people to consider art and science as opposites. While they are different in many ways, they are not mutually exclusive.
In the first month or so of 1943, Michoacan, Mexico was experiencing earthquakes. They weren’t terribly powerful–only registering around 3.2 on the Richter scale–but they were frequent. Residents also reported hearing thunder, even when the skies were clear. In the late afternoon of February 20, the source of the phenomena was revealed: a new volcano […]