Sarah Durn

1 week ago | atlasobscura.com | Sarah Durn

Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions you won’t find in traditional guidebooks. Have a question for our experts? Submit it here. * * * Dear Atlas, I’m lowkey obsessed with paranormal happenings and witch trials, but I’ve been disappointed by a lot of the museums dedicated to them. Most of them feel more like glorified Halloween gift shops. Is it possible to do a “witch tourism” trip that’s more historical than kitschy? History is full of witches.

3 weeks ago | popsci.co.kr | Sarah Durn

만약 미국 뉴욕에서 800만 시민이 하룻밤 사이에 모두 사라진다면, 세계 최대 도시 뉴욕은 어떤 모습으로 변할까? 건축가와 도시생태학자들이 시간대별로 예측한 시나리오가 주목받고 있다. 이 시나리오는 인간의 유지 보수가 중단되면 도시가 얼마나 빠르게 붕괴하고 자연이 회복되는지를 보여준다. 전문가들은 인류가 사라진 지 며칠이 채 지나지 않아 뉴욕의 전력망이 멈추고 도시는 완전한 어둠에 잠길 것이라고 예측한다. 빛 공해가 사라진 맨해튼 미드타운의 밤하늘에는 은하수가 선명하게 떠오를 것이다. 자그레브대학교의 야나 호르바트 건축학 교수는 “냉난방이 중단되면 벽과 창문 주변에 습기가 차면서 곰팡이가 피어나기 시작할 것”이라고 설명했다. 전력 공급이 끊기면 지하철 펌프도 곧바로 멈춰 선다. 매일 약 4900만 리터의 물을 퍼내던 시설이 제 기능을 잃으면 터널은 순식간에 물에 잠긴다.

3 weeks ago | popsci.com | Sarah Durn

How quickly would nature swallow up an abandoned New York City?   Image: Alexandr Spatari / Getty Images Imagine the ceaseless cacophony of New York City suddenly stopped. No sirens wailed. No cars zoomed. No subways rumbled beneath sidewalks. All eight million New Yorkers disappeared overnight. Now, imagine what would happen next.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Durn

Imagine the ceaseless cacophony of New York City suddenly stopped. No sirens wailed. No cars zoomed. No subways rumbled beneath sidewalks. All eight million New Yorkers disappeared overnight. Now, imagine what would happen next. If no one’s around to sweep the sidewalks, weed Central Park, or turn the power grid on, nature would move in—and quick. Dandelions would spring up in asphalt cracks. Raccoons would move into abandoned apartments. Sidewalk trees would outgrow their planters.

3 weeks ago | ca.yahoo.com | Sarah Durn

Imagine the ceaseless cacophony of New York City suddenly stopped. No sirens wailed. No cars zoomed. No subways rumbled beneath sidewalks. All eight million New Yorkers disappeared overnight. Now, imagine what would happen next. If no one’s around to sweep the sidewalks, weed Central Park, or turn the power grid on, nature would move in—and quick. Dandelions would spring up in asphalt cracks. Raccoons would move into abandoned apartments. Sidewalk trees would outgrow their planters.