Going nuclear to desalinate seawater
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How we track COVID-19 (and other weird stuff) in sewage
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Danish farmers turn their backs on mink after Covid mutation cull – just a handful of mink breeders express an interest in re-entering fur industry
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Turkey has built the longest suspension bridge in the world
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Californian critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms
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Funchal Airport, on the island of Madeira, was too short for modern commercial airliners but there was nowhere to extend to. The solution is one of the greatest civil engineering projects of our time.
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Big Telecom convinces Missouri lawmakers to block funding for broadband competition
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Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open
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How Japan built cities where you could send your toddler on an errand
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Thieves make away with 500-tonne iron bridge in Bihar, India
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Sidewalk robots get legal rights as US "pedestrians"
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Germany and Norway are considering building a hydrogen pipeline linking the two nations to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy supplies
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What are the differences between the Autobahnen and the Interstate Highway System?
I know there are some Germans on Tildes, figure at least one of y’all might know. How does a typical Autobahn differ from a typical Interstate in design and construction? How often is repair work...
I know there are some Germans on Tildes, figure at least one of y’all might know. How does a typical Autobahn differ from a typical Interstate in design and construction? How often is repair work done and how long does it last? What work would be required to upgrade an Interstate to Autobahn standards?
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Suburbia is subsidized - [Strong Towns Ep7]
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Why the concept of induced demand is a hard sell
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Denmark has authorised the construction of a new pipeline between Norway and Poland to reduce Warsaw's dependence on Russian gas
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Leaked files show how telecoms giant Ericsson allegedly helped bribe Islamic State to allow its products to be transported across parts of Iraq that were held by the terrorists
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What really happened during the 2003 blackout?
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The bewildering architecture of indoor cities
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The Interstate's forgotten code
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SpaceX loses forty Starlink satellites to geomagnetic storm a day after launch
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We were warned about the ports - A 2015 federal report predicted the entire slowdown that’s come to pass
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Historic Rotterdam bridge to be partially and temporarily dismantled so Jeff Bezos’ yacht can pass through
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What happened to Old London Bridge? | Unfinished London
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Can you pump sewage? When it comes to wastewater, what goes down must come up again.
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Sweden approves plans for Forsmark nuclear waste storage site – will bury nuclear waste in the bedrock, and seal the facilities once they are full
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The Texas electrical grid failure was a warmup
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Why Galesburg has no money
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Your two-day shipping is causing potholes
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Why Tokyo is insanely well designed
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Elon Musk’s ‘Vegas Loop’ called a ‘death trap’ as Las Vegas traffic piles up
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Tokyo: The big city that is also pleasant to live in
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'If you eat here, you're dining with rats'
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A primer on Nature Based Solutions to environmental hazards
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Weird testing infrastructure in pictures
@Kane: testing facility for thyssenkrupp elevators in Zhongshan City pic.twitter.com/2L4jG2Nel6
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Rebuilding the Oroville Dam spillways
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How to quickly build a cycling city: Paris
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Gathering storm: The industrial infrastructure catastrophe looming over America’s gulf coast
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Utrecht wants to be the first city to use its electric car fleet as a giant battery
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Mini-warehouses dubbed “dark stores” are quietly taking over urban retail space
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The warehouse shortage in the US
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Storm Arwen power cuts: 30,000 still waiting to be reconnected
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Construction work has begun on the German side of an underwater tunnel connecting Germany and Denmark – €7 billion project set to be completed by 2029
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How road barriers stopped killing drivers
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Flood damage cuts all rail access to Canada's largest port of Vancouver
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Undersea rail-road tunnel between Denmark and Germany – Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link explained
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For decades, US cities have been closing or neglecting public restrooms, leaving millions with no place to go. Here’s how a lack of toilets became an American affliction.
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Throwing good money after bad car infrastructure
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The highway where trucks work like electric trains
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An empire of dying wells - Old oil and gas sites are a climate menace. Meet the company that owns more of America’s decaying wells than any other.
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