The amazing Baobab, or monkey bread tree can grow up to nearly 100 feet tall and 35 feet wide. Their defining characteristic is the swollen trunk that is actually used for water storage. A single tree can store as much as 31,700 gallon of water to endure harsh drought conditions. Baobab trees are native to [...]
Children love theme parks. The excitement generated by a young one upon realising that they will be going to a theme park for the day is right up there with waking up on a Christmas morning and knowing they are allowed to finally open their presents. For adults, queuing up for hours in the on/off [...]
This subterranean complex is a relic of the Sino-Soviet conflict in 1969 over the Zhenbao Island in the Amur River (Heilongjiang), a time when Mao Zedong ordered the construction of the underground bomb shelters complex in the event of a Soviet attack. The designers apparently installed special ventilation systems with hatches against chemical attack and [...]
People visiting London’s Trafalgar Square in the first week of August were being urged to get lost in a temporary maze. Parts of the maze were named after areas of the West End and as the visitors try to find their way around they can learn about those places. In the centre of the maze [...]
It is certainly a unique design, however, the designer is playing with our minds, and it is difficult to say if this is just a 3D composition or actually a real object.
Darth Vader, the Empire’s evil enforcer, the dark lord of the Sith, and Luke Skywalker’s father, made many a viewer shudder. His eerie appearance produced goose bumps and made the hair stand on end. Without any doubt, Darth Vader is the greatest screen villain to have ever been created. The iconic movie villain inspired Dov [...]
Can you play a music instrument? I’ve always wanted to play the drums but have never got round to practicing. Learning to play an instrument takes time and commitment. Ask anyone what instrument they play and they’ll usually answer with the guitar, the drums, the piano, or some kind of instrument they can play with [...]
In 2000, the brothers Frederick and Gerrit Browns undertook a major project – the construction of the world’s largest toy railroad. Nine years later Miniature Wonderland is not just a railway, and the whole world in miniature, covering an area of 1150 square meters. and includes more than 10 thousand locomotives and wagons, 700 trains, [...]
Body piercing is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in which jewellery may be worn. The word piercing can refer to the act or practice of body piercing, or to an opening in the body created by this act or practice. While the history of body [...]
Carl Warner is an amazingly talented artist who takes common food items and transforms them into stunning works of art known as ‘Foodscapes’. Pasta hills, thyme trees, mozzarella clouds, salami rivers and red onion balloons. These are just a few of the intricate details found in the mouth-watering food worlds created for European advertising and [...]
We all appreciate the stunning beauty of the rainbow, but how much more fascinating these colors become when they shimmer and change with the angle of vision as the different wavelengths of light pass through water droplets.We all know that light is not truly white at all, but made up of seven basic colours. The [...]
Don’t you just love it when you walk down a street and come across some guy or girl creating artwork right there on the pavement? Some of these artists are amazing in the effects they can produce, and this art form has been around for a very long time. Street painting has been recorded throughout [...]
It may seem pretty gruesome, but you could literally take a bite out of a human foot if you visited this bakery in Bangkok, because one of the bakers there got a taste for highly original food art, unaware that it would very quickly become the thing everyone wanted to eat. Kittiwat Unarrom has studied [...]
When you think you understand the beauty in nature, especially in the magical awe that a rainbow can inspire, then something will appear that still manages to both surprise and delight you in equal measure. Just occasionally, the weather conditions will line up perfectly to provide us with a visual feast that we need to [...]
Nothing is quite like a graphic novel with violence, sex and controversial content. Here are 10 mature graphic novels that are a must-read: 1. Preacher Garth Ennis’ absolute masterpiece follows Jesse Custer, an ex-reverend as he tries to find and punish God. Everything about this comic is bloody, and you’ll meet some of the most [...]
