• Ken Parth posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 6 days, 12 hours ago

    The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Will Surpass The Øresund Tunnel As The World’s Longest Immersed Tunnel. Spanning 18 km And 40m BSL Under The Baltic Sea, It Connects Germany And Denmark Using Precast Segments Instead Of Tunnel Boring Machines. Completing In 2029 At ~$7 Billion, It Will Reduce Travel Times, Boost Trade, & Showcase Environmental Care.

  • Zachary Fritzsche posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 1 week, 5 days ago

    The Vande Bharat Train Is The First Train In The World To Complete A Trial Run On The World’s Highest Rail Bridge, The Chenab Bridge (359m High, 35m Taller Than The Eiffel Tower), In Jammu And Kashmir (J-K), Connecting The Region To The Rest Of India. The Train Features Advanced Heating Systems And Climate-Related Amenities For J-K’s Extreme Weather.

  • Ken Parth posted an update in the group Group logo of DiscoveryDiscovery 2 weeks, 5 days ago

    A Bronze Wall Gun From The 1539-1542 Coronado Expedition Was Found In 2020 In Arizona, Making It The Oldest Firearm Ever Found In The Continental US, And Probably The Oldest Cannon In North America. The Gun, 42 Inches Long And 40 Pounds, Was Likely Cast In Mexico Or The Caribbean And Was Abandoned After A Likely Attack. It Was Probably Never Fired.

  • India Blount posted an update in the group Group logo of DiscoveryDiscovery 3 weeks, 6 days ago

    New Research Suggests That Carbon & Oxygen, Vital For Life, Traveled Outside Our Galaxy Before Forming Us. Dispersed By Supernovae, These Elements Move Via Cosmic Currents Called The ‘circumgalactic Medium,’ Circulating In And Out Of Galaxies, Aiding New Star And Planet Formation. This Implies Our Bodies Are Made Of Intergalactic Travelers.

  • Abbey Carper posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 1 month ago

    The Quadrantid Meteor Shower (MS) Peaked Early Friday, 1/03/25, Marking The First MS Of 2025. The Crescent Moon Had Set Before The Peak, Providing A Clear View Of The Shower. Best Seen From Mid-To-Far Northern Latitudes Before Dawn, It Produced Bright Fireballs, With Up To 120 Meteors/Hr. Debris From Asteroid 2003 EH1 Caused This Dazzling Display.

  • Tamika Fifield posted an update in the group Group logo of DiscoveryDiscovery 1 month, 1 week ago

    Scientists Discovered The World’s Largest Coral, Over 100 Ft Long And 300 Years Old, In The SW Pacific Ocean Near Solomon Islands. Unlike A Reef With Many Colonies, This Single Coral Has Grown Continuously For Centuries. Visible From Space, It Contains Nearly 1 Billion Polyps. Despite Resilience, It Remains Vulnerable To Climate Change And Human Threats.

  • Wilton Astudillo posted an update in the group Group logo of AnimalAnimal 1 month, 2 weeks ago

    The World’s Most Expensive Fossil And Also The Most Complete Stegosaurus Skeleton Ever Found, Named Apex, Will Be On Display At The American Museum Of Natural History In New York For The Next 4 Years. This 150-Million-Year-Old Fossil, Which Spans 11 Feet (3.3 Meters) Tall And 27 Feet (8.2 Meters) Nose To Tail Was Bought For $44.6 Million.

  • Ken Parth posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 1 month, 3 weeks ago

    Norway’s £36bn Rogfast Tunnel, Opening In 2033, Will Be The World’s Longest & Deepest Road Tunnel At 16.8 Miles & 1,300 Feet Deep, Connecting Randaberg And Bokn. It Will Halve E39 Highway Travel Time From 21 To 11 Hrs, With A 35-Mins Drive Through The Tunnel. Currently, The 15-Mile Norway‘s Lærdal Tunnel Is The World’s Longest Road Tunnel.

  • Wilton Astudillo posted an update in the group Group logo of DiscoveryDiscovery 2 months ago

    Scientists Have Discovered Terastiodontosaurus Marcelosanchezi, The Largest Known Worm Lizard, From Fossils In Tunisia. This Reptile, Over 3Ft Long & 50 Myr-Old, Had Strong Jaws & Fed On Snails. Unlike Modern Burrowers, It Likely Lived On The Surface. It’s Closely Related To The Checkerboard Worm Lizard, Both Of The Trogonophids Family.

  • Asha Tunde posted an update in the group Group logo of ProductProduct 2 months, 1 week ago

    Scientists Have Created “Nanopasta,” The World’s Thinnest Strands Of Material, 200x Slimmer Than Human Hair, From Starch-Rich Flour Using An Electrospinning Method. The Sustainable, Scalable, & Biodegradable Nanofibers Could Revolutionize, E.G., Wound Healing, Tissue Regeneration, & Drug Delivery While Promoting Eco-Friendly Innovation.

  • Alexander Hamilton posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Researchers Captured The World’s First-Ever Nanoscale Video Of Hydrogen And Oxygen Atoms Forming The Tiniest-Ever Water Droplet, Measuring 50 Nanometers. This Super-Efficient Reaction, Catalyzed By A Rare Metal Called Palladium, Could Potentially Aid Astronauts In Space To Make Water. The Process Was Observed Using A Novel Monitoring Apparatus.

  • Anika Reyansh posted an update in the group Group logo of HealthHealth 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    A Teenager In British Columbia Is The First Person In Canada To Test Positive For Bird Flu (H5N1). The Teen Is In Critical Condition At A Children’s Hospital. The Source Of The Infection Is Under Investigation, Likely From A Bird Or Animal. Human Cases Are Rare, But Scientists Worry About Potential Mutation For Human-To-Human Transmission.

  • Cindy Alverez posted an update in the group Group logo of PoliticsPolitics 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    President-Elect Donald Trump Makes History By Appointing Susie Wiles, A Seasoned GOP Strategist And His 2024 Campaign Co-Chair, As The First Female White House Chief Of Staff In U.S. History. Wiles, Who Has Worked In Republican Politics Since Reagan’s 1980 Campaign, Is Praised By Trump As “Tough, Smart, Innovative” And “Universally Respected.”

  • Ken Yun posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 3 months ago

    Scientists Have Decoded A 3kyr-Old Babylonian Tablet Thought To Depict A Map To Noah’s Ark. The Artifact, Acquired By The British Museum In 1882, Shows Mesopotamia Encircled By A Double Ring –”Bitter River.” Cuneiform Text Hints At A Route To “Urartu” (Ararat), Where The Babylonian Noah Landed His Ark, Paralleling The Biblical Flood Story.

  • Kim Min-seok posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    Former President Jimmy Carter Turned 100 On 10/01/24 In Plains, Ga, Marking Him As The Oldest Living President And The Longest-Living President In US History. His Post-Presidential Legacy Includes Global Election Monitoring, Near-Eradication Of Guinea Worm Disease, And Human Rights Advocacy, Cementing His Lasting Humanitarian & Respected Impacts.

  • James Harden posted an update in the group Group logo of AnimalAnimal 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    For The First Time Since Its Discovery In 1854, Scientists Found A Juvenile Arthropleura Fossil With A Complete Head In France. CT Scans Revealed, E.G., Millipede-Like Antennas, Centipede-Like Mandibles, & Crab-Like Eyes. Arthropleura, A 300-Myr-Old Ancestor Of Centipedes & Millipedes, Was The Largest Bug On Earth And Likely A Plant Eater.

  • Mathew Damon posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    After 20 Years Of DNA Analysis, Scientists Confirmed The Bones In Seville Cathedral Belong To Christopher Columbus, Resolving A 500-Year Mystery. His Remains Were Moved Multiple Times, Sparking Debate Over His Burial Site. DNA Comparison With His Relatives Verified This, And Further Research May Reveal His True Origins, Genoa Or Elsewhere.

  • Ken Parth posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 4 months ago

    Russian Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko And Nikolai Chub Set A Record-Breaking 374-Day Stay Aboard The ISS, Landing In Kazakhstan With American Astronaut Tracy Dyson. Kononenko Set A New Record For Longest Cumulative Space-Time At 1,111 Days. However, Valeri Polyakov Holds The Record For The Longest Unbroken Space Stay At 438 Days On Mir In 1994-95.

  • Anika Reyansh posted an update in the group Group logo of OtherOther 4 months, 1 week ago

    Iwao Hakamata, The World’s Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate, Was Exonerated After Over 50 Years In Prison. He Was Arrested In 1966 At Age 30 For The Murder Of His Boss & Family. A Japanese Court Acquitted The Now 88-Year-Old, Citing Planted Bloodstains, Sparking Calls To Reform Japan’s Justice System, Including Abolishing The Death Penalty.

  • Anika Reyansh posted an update in the group Group logo of ProductProduct 4 months, 2 weeks ago

    The European Space Agency (ESA) Metal 3D Printer, Developed By Airbus & Partners, Successfully Printed The First Ever Metal Part In Space, In August 2024, At The ISS. The Printed Parts Will Be Analyzed In Europe. This Technology Will Enhance Mission Autonomy For Future Moon & Mars Explorations, Allowing For On-Demand Part Manufacturing.

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