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Drought media: does it help?
Cultures

Drought media: does it help?

May 28, 2015
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Although California gets all the current headlines, there are numerous significant drought events occurring elsewhere in the world. Geographical explores why you are not hearing about them
Contestants for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, Vienna, Austria
Cultures

Eurovision redefines Europe’s geography... again

May 21, 2015
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Australia’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest may be an extreme geographic anomaly, but it’s another example of Europe’s continuing expansion
The ‘eternal flame’ at the Zoroastrian Ateshgah ‘Fire Temple’ near Baku, Azerbaijan
Cultures

Geological secrets behind eternal flames

May 20, 2015
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‘Eternal flames’ from ancient times should interest modern geologists
Report from Dark Mountain
Cultures

Report from Dark Mountain

May 11, 2015
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The Dark Mountain project aims to change how people think about the environment. Completely...
Stone cold in Sitka
Cultures

Stone cold in Sitka

Apr 25, 2015
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A devastating landslide near the city of Sitka in Alaska last September has unearthed evidence of early human occupation in the region – a prehistoric hammer or ‘handmaul’
Sally Binford helped to revolutionise archaeology
Cultures

Blazing Trowels

Apr 08, 2015
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Dinosaur shoes, gender equality and geography combine in a unique archival project
From Makkah to Madinah
Cultures

From Makkah to Madinah

Mar 31, 2015
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A new book uses GPS and GIS to trace the Prophet Muhammad’s route from Makkah to Madinah with increased accuracy
Masai warriors of southern Kenya singing in a cultural ceremony
Cultures

Climate tones

Mar 22, 2015
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Geography can change the way you speak, and not just through the use of jargon
Narthex north wall
Cultures

Ethiopia’s hidden treasures

Feb 26, 2015
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Ethiopia was among the world’s first Christian countries, but its many remote churches remain hidden – even from the locals
Cave paintings by the San or Bushmen people in South Africa. New studies have revealed their ancient lineage
Cultures

A band apart

Feb 22, 2015
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The Bushmen people's belief that they are amongst human's most ancient races has reportedly been proven
Shah-e-Doh Shamshira mosque, Kabul
Cultures

Afghan Ink

Feb 20, 2015
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An artist records day-to-day Afghan life from Kabul to Herat in ink
Replica of the Happisburgh axe above the beach where it was found.
Cultures

Britain’s deeper human history

Feb 19, 2015
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A vanishing UK coastline reveals a deeper human history
Ecuador, who wouldn’t want to live here?
Cultures

Expats’ Ecu-adore!

Feb 13, 2015
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A 2014 study, The World Through Expat Eyes, has found Ecuador to be the country with the most content expat population
Savoury steamed buns are one breakfast option in London’s Chinatown
Cultures

A geography of breakfast

Feb 09, 2015
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Doughnuts, eels, and bean curd buns feature on breakfast menus across the world. Geographical looks at global breakfasts, from the full English to beyond
No dice in Macau
Cultures

No dice in Macau

Feb 08, 2015
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Gambling accounted for 80 per cent of the government’s revenue in 2013, but recent figures are showing that Macau’s gaming economy has started to go wrong
Walker at AIDSwalk, Arizona on 12 October 2014
Cultures

Study links online dating to HIV increase

Feb 06, 2015
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Before OKCupid, Tinder and Match.com, there was the Craigslist personal. A new study links an old-fashioned web hook-up site to an increase in US HIV infections
An American football ponders its existence
Cultures

Geography and the Super Bowl

Jan 27, 2015
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Geographers don’t need to actually understand the rules to appreciate the issues surrounding one of the world’s biggest annual sporting events
Boldt Island’s fairy-tale power station
Cultures

‘Unlucky’ island

Jan 27, 2015
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Boldt Castle is a curious monument to a tycoon’s misfortune
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