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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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