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The downside to life in a supertall New York tower: leaks, creaks, breaks ~design architecture Article 1803 words 16 votes
NASA's weirdest experimental plane - The Ames-Dryden-1 oblique wing aircraft ~science Video 13:15 9 votes
Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout – the underwater tunnels connect the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in a network some 11km long ~engineering Article 13 votes
Adam Savage and Vsauce's Michael Stevens build a kendama ~hobbies Video 58:11, published Aug 11 2017 10 votes
The new $45 billion metro system under construction beneath Paris ~transport Article 910 words 12 votes
British plugs are better than all other plugs, and here's why ~engineering Video 4:26, published Jul 7 2014 17 votes
Environmentalists have held protests outside a court that is deciding on a tunnel link between Germany and Denmark – they say the project is flawed on many levels ~engineering Article 377 words 6 votes
Demo and teardown of an X-ray fluorescence gun (measures chemical composition) ~engineering Video 22:48 5 votes
Porsche found a way to 3D-print lightweight pistons that add even more horsepower ~transport Article 151 words 6 votes
Bill Gates-backed carbon capture plant does the work of forty million trees ~enviro climate change Video 14:44, published Jun 22 2019 6 votes
Revealing motion invisible to the naked eye using Motion Amplification and Video Magnification ~science Video 14:20 6 votes
On the Moon, astronaut pee will be a hot commodity. Urine can be used for landing pads, gardens, and drinking water. But will there be enough to go around? ~space Article 625 words 7 votes
Pulling seven G's in an F-16 and going supersonic with US Air Force Thunderbirds ~science physics Video 29:57 4 votes
Construction of the world's longest immersed tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany will begin in January next year ~engineering Article 212 words 6 votes
EU state aid regulators clear Danish financial support for a rail-road link between Denmark and Germany ~engineering Article 109 words 4 votes
Scientists just used a supercomputer to make a living organism from scratch ~science biology Video 11:04 2 votes
US Federal Aviation Administration engineers objected to Boeing’s removal of some 787 lightning protection measures ~transport Article 2321 words 5 votes
The impact of direct air carbon capture on climate change ~enviro climate change Article 4928 words 9 votes
Diagnosing the steel failure in the SF Transit Center ~engineering Article 3522 words, published Oct 25 2019 8 votes
Danish Rubjerg lighthouse moved inland on skates – coastal erosion from North Sea winds threatened to topple it into the sea ~design architecture Article 402 words 9 votes
Australian Water Rocketry group reaches world record 3155ft (961m) from 1150psi carbon-composite water rocket ~hobbies Video 10:12 6 votes
Crash course: How Boeing's managerial revolution created the 737 Max disaster ~transport Article 7618 words 12 votes