Category Archives: Europe

Is the Large Hadron Collider being sabotaged…from the future?

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Julian Smith

Two physicists have suggested that the problems and delays plaguing the Large Hadron Collider, at CERN in Geneva, may be because some force–maybe…from the future–is keeping it from working. Specifically, if the LHC were to produce the elusive hypothetical particle … Continue reading →

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Heima: Iceland through the eyes of Sigur Ros & fans

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Julian Smith

In 2006, the wildly successful Icelandic band Sigur Ros returned from touring the world to play a series of free, unannounced concerts across their native country. Heima records these performances, making it a combination concert film and travel documentary. Their … Continue reading →

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Victory (HMS) At Last

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Julian Smith

The wreck of HMS Victory, which sank in 1744 in the English Channel with all 1,000 hands on board, has been located. It may have as much as $1 billion in gold on board. There have been six Victories over … Continue reading →

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England & Spain

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Julian Smith

Some photos from our trip this fall to England and Spain. We started near Newcastle for a wedding (with a few days of epic rain), then flew to Girona and explored the northern Spanish coast. It was my first time … Continue reading →

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Finally, a flying car

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Julian Smith

What do you get when you attach a big fan and a big parafoil to a modified dune buggy? An honest-to-God flying car. (Finally. How long have we been waiting for these?) The car's inventor, the adventurer and engineer Gilo … Continue reading →

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The Time-Eater Chomps the Minutes

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Julian Smith

An incredible new clock was recently unveiled at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge University: the "time-eater." Stephen Hawking unveiled the £1 million device, which doesn't have any hands or numbers–just zipping blue lights and a huge insect-like creature on top that … Continue reading →

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Drawing calligraphy with light

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Julian Smith

Julien Briton draws Arabic calligraphy with light.

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Black Sun: The Starling Swarms of Denmark

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Julian Smith

Every spring, over a million European starlings migrate through western Denmark. Right before sunset they move from the meadows, where they’ve been gathering food all day, to the marshes where they sleep. The enormous flocks, pulsating and folding in the … Continue reading →

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European Church carvings

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Julian Smith

Way beyond gargoyles: an amazing Flickr gallery of church carvings from around Europe, including some hilarious (and, I guess, technically NSFW) exhibitionist ones.

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Life on the edge

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Julian Smith

Ronda is a city in southern Spain that is split in half by a deep canyon. Buildings have been constructed right up to the edges of the gorge, making for some impressive views. One of the three bridges across the … Continue reading →