Lasqueti is a small island between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, home to a little known community of off-gridders who take pride in their isolation from both mainstream culture and mainland Canada. In this short documentary film, a journalist from 16×9 News goes to meet some of Lasqueti’s characters and find out more about life on this beautiful […]
Category: Discovery
31 exotic pools on earth
Summer is right around the corner and I’m sure you’ll want to jump into a swimming pool soon to celebrate. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most awesome swimming pools on earth for you. 1. Infinity pool in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands resort 2. The pool at Belmond Jimbaran Puri resort in […]
Red panda – Not all pandas are black and white
Distantly related to the larger, better-known black-and-white giant panda, the red panda is a solitary creature found in the mountains of Nepal, Myanmar, and central China. The red panda is dwarfed by the black-and-white giant that shares its name. These pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, though their big, bushy tails […]
A park that turns into a lake in summer. Really astounding images.
At first glance, these photographs seem to show a scuba diver exploring the depths of an underwater world. But if you look more carefully you will see a tree, a bridge and even a park bench. In fact these incredible images show a diver traversing an Austrian lake (Tragoess) that floods every year, covering everything in […]
VIDEO | Fascinating short clip showing the known universe as mapped through astronomical observations
The known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated […]
VIDEO & ARTICLE| Extraordinary paintings by a typewriter artist.
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]orn in 1921, Paul Smith was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a severe disability that affects motor abilities and strength. During a time when people with cerebral palsy received little support and garnered little attention from the community, Paul lived a full life painting intricate pictures with what, at the time, was a common office machine – […]
PHOTO REPORT | What scientists found hidden deep in the ocean seems like science fiction
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ow amazing would it be to an aquatic explorer? You’d spend your life looking for the lost remnants of ships from the past, deep below the ocean’s surface. You’d find lost treasure and other valuables scattered across the ocean floor or in old shipwrecks. Maybe one day you’d find the mother of all aquatic treasures […]