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Drone, meet tuna.
oceans

Scientists Tracked Truly Enormous Tuna From Way Up in the Air

Drones helped researchers keep up with fish that are longer than a person and as fast as a car.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 10, 2020
A Ukrainian fort, as seen via spectral lidar.
archaeology

How to Scour the Landscape for Cultural Heritage From Your Home

Patience and the right resources are key.
Isaac Schultz June 2, 2020
This portrait of Jelani Alladin, a Broadway actor who is sheltering in place in New York City, was taken during a video chat.
photography

A Photographer's Guide to Creating Portraits From a Distance

Visual artists are working from home—with help from FaceTime and Zoom.
Grace Z. Li April 28, 2020
During the flu outbreak of 1918, phone operators took precautions—and many companies asked people to stay off the line.
epidemics

Why Telephone Companies Once Discouraged People From Chatting

Today phones have grown critical for making personal connections. The first phone companies probably wouldn't have been thrilled.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 9, 2020
The Birth of Radar Memorial
Northamptonshire, England

Birth of Radar Memorial

The first place where the scientific innovation known as radar was first demonstrated in Britain.
The inner-workings of an espresso machine on display at MUMAC.
Binasco, Italy

MUMAC Coffee Machine Museum

Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.
From the “Greenhouse” series.
photography

Glowing Dutch Greenhouses, As Seen From Way Up High

Photographer Tom Hegen captures a bird's eye view of the future.
Winnie Lee January 28, 2020
System Source Computer Museum.
Cockeysville, Maryland

System Source Computer Museum

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.
Floating crystal Buddhas.
Tokyo, Japan

Koukokuji Buddhist Temple

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.
The ancient settlement of Angamuco in Mexico as visualized by lidar, which reveals topography and ruins (at top) obscured by the dense jungle.
maps

Can We Make a 3-D Map of the Whole World?

A lidar project wants to document the entire planet, before everything changes.
Isaac Schultz October 22, 2019
The Northern Lights over the wreck site off the northwest coast of Iceland.
shipwrecks

Virtually Tour a Dutch Smuggler's Shipwreck in Iceland

Without jumping in the frigid North Atlantic.
Isaac Schultz October 17, 2019
In this image looking southeast at the border between Queens and Brooklyn, the area briefly known as Haberman is at center-left, beside Newtown Creek.
maps

The Brief, Baffling Life of an Accidental New York Neighborhood

Welcome to Haberman, Queens, population: zero.
Isaac Schultz October 15, 2019
maps

Ground Truth

When Cameroon and Nigeria settled their long-standing border dispute, it was just the beginning. Then a 21st-century border had to be laid down.
Jen Banbury September 29, 2019
Gauss-Weber Telegraph Memorial.
Göttingen, Germany

Gauss-Weber Telegraph Memorial

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.
Wall of Byte magazines.
Roswell, Georgia

Computer Museum of America

A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.
A nice cool swig of water from a <em>botijo.</em>
food

The Art, Science, and Allure of Spain's Water-Cooling Jugs

Used from time immemorial, this traditional technology is now fading away.
Ignacio Amigo August 22, 2019
Endicott, New York

Endicott History and Heritage Center

A collection of artifacts from two worldwide industries that called Endicott, NY home.
Sidi Ifni, Morocco

Abandoned Sea Cable Car

The forgotten remnants of a land-to-sea cable car that was once unique in the world.