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Here's our pick of the best, the most innovative, and the most interesting tiny houses we've seen throughout the year. Our top 10 includes massive family models, budget options, and even an insane ...
Build details showcase incredible scale of Saudi Arabia's Line …
Oct 17, 2024 · As the Line megacity continues to grow in the Saudi Arabian desert, some new construction details showcase the scale of the gigantic project, including its reported use of one fifth of the world's ...
Pulling gold out of e-waste suddenly becomes super-profitable
Mar 4, 2024 · A new method for recovering high-purity gold from discarded electronics is paying back US$50 for every dollar spent, according to Swiss researchers – who found their all-important gold-filtering ...
Colossal new species may be largest animal that ever existed
Aug 2, 2023 · The blue whale has long been considered the largest animal to have ever existed, even dwarfing the biggest known dinosaurs. But now a new species threatens to steal the crown, and upends what we ...
AI now surpasses humans in almost all performance benchmarks
Apr 19, 2024 · Stand back and take a look at the last two years of AI progress as a whole... AI is catching up with humans so quickly, in so many areas, that frankly, we need new tests.
"Nuclear winter" would starve billions, but some countries may be …
Aug 15, 2022 · Yes, Australia would survive because major cities (where about 95% of the country's population lives) with military infrastructure nearby would be destroyed and their populations decimated.
Betavolt says its diamond nuclear battery can power devices for 50 …
Jan 17, 2024 · China's Betavolt New Energy Technology has unveiled a new modular nuclear battery that uses a combination of a nickel-63 (⁶³Ni) radioactive isotope and a 4th-generation diamond semiconductor ...
Work begins on gigantic Saudi skyscraper that can fit 20 Empire …
Oct 23, 2024 · Saudi Arabia is currently busy constructing yet another amazing skyscraper, named the Mukaab. Taking the form of a supertall cube, new information has been released that details the build progress ...
Video reveals progress of 170-km-long skyscraper through Saudi …
Feb 27, 2024 · A video has been released that reveals the build progress of Saudi Arabia's 170-km-long city sized skyscraper rising in the desert. The scale is incredibly ambitious and The Line is expected to be ...
The end of everything: 5 ways the universe could be destroyed
Jul 22, 2022 · Everything has to end eventually – including the universe itself. It might be hard to imagine a catastrophe big enough to affect the entirety of existence, but here are some of the leading ...