Image: Photo: Shutterstock Graphics: Gizmodo Here’s a mind-blowing geography fact: The northernmost part of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost part of Brazil. Facts like this partly speak to truly unusual geographical features of Earth (like Brazil’s massive land area) but also to how warped our perception can be of … Read more
A fighter from Izz al-Din al-Qassam stands in front of a tunnel during an exhibition of weapons, missiles and heavy equipment for the military wing of Hamas in the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip, during the commemoration of the 2014 war that lasted 51 days between Gaza and Israel. Sopa Images | Lightrocket … Read more
Up to date September 13, 2023 at 8:15 a.m. EDT|Printed September 12, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. EDT A destroyed bridge in Derna, Libya, on Tuesday. (Jamal Alkomaty/AP)Touch upon this storyComment Japanese Libya’s weak infrastructure and low-lying areas made it particularly vulnerable to catastrophe as torrents of rainfall precipitated flooding and left hundreds lacking or feared … Read more