The continuing rollout of 45° "birds eye view" images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the railroad track near Sanford Avenue in the city of Richmond, California, we can clearly see a corpse lying on the…

Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven't checked), we've found this random patch of land that we think looks definitely like a duck. We're not too sure really, but we reckoned you might like it. So what…

On the 11th March 2011, 70 kilometres off the east coast of Tōhoku, the most powerful earthquake in the country's history struck Japan, triggering a powerful tsunami that swept inland up to 10 km, swamping some areas with waves over…

OK, so we've really outdone ourselves this year, but better late than never we always say - this year, November is the chosen month for the long-awaited return of Island Week! Island week originally began broadcasting in August 2006, but…

Inquisitive reader Simon Proffitt alerted us to the Street View imagery in an area near to the Google HQ in Mountain View, California, The overwhelming evidence presented by these images suggest only one possibility: Google is testing top-secret wormhole technology…

Hello! Yes we are still here, we've just been caught up (temporarily at least) with offline activities. As we haven't been keeping you bang up-to-date with the goings on on Google Maps, we should point out that Google just yesterday…