Fish-shaped Building Inaugurated in Hyderabad, India

The newly opened National Fisheries Development Board building in Hyderabad, India, designed to resemble a fish. via Fish-shaped Building Inaugurated in Hyderabad, India. I like the playfulness of the Fisheries team, at least. And it’s actually clever advertising to boot. Hopefully they won’t want to move for a few years, since I’m not sure who […]

The Most Colorful Cities In The World

Living in the Pacific Northwest I can definitely appreciate the idea of adding more color to one’s life! Interestingly, it tends to be warmer climates that have the more colorful buildings, although Denmark and Finland has some of the most colorful interiors (and now exteriors) I’ve seen. Color has an amazing effect on human mental […]

culture halted and culture preserved

Comet over Canada killed Clovis? (ooh, alliteration): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18789488/Rafe has already debunked it. I don’t know why I thought the Smithsonian would be immune to political pressure, especially when you’re just down the street from the White House…: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18789206/ Six states in India ban sex-ed because it might be offensive to Indian culture. According to the […]

First, researchers have discovered primate fossils in Yellowstone National Park that date back to way before the first undisputed primate (55 million years ago):http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/070205_primitive_primate.html I was surprised that they found this in North America, but then I only know about human migrations, but honestly I have no idea where they’ve found other primate fossils, and […]