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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 numbers are in: Junk food’s toll on physical & mental health
Feb 29, 2024 · Consuming ultra-processed food, commonly known as junk food, has been associated with a higher risk of more than 30 different adverse mental and physical health outcomes, according to a new study.
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 ...
James Webb vs Hubble: Side-by-side comparisons highlight visual …
Jul 13, 2022 · This structure, which NASA calls the Cosmic Cliffs, is actually the inner edge of NGC 3324, aka the Carina Nebula. Ultraviolet radiation and strong stellar winds from a dying star – located well ...
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 ...
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 ...
Touchscreen table packs dozens of digital board games and puzzles
As fun as board games are, they can be a fiddly to set up and expensive to keep buying the new ones. Arcade1Up's Infinity Game Table, currently on Kickstarter, digitizes dozens of classic games ...
Breakthrough synapse-regenerating ALS pill moves to phase 2 …
May 30, 2024 · A pioneering once-a-day pill that regenerates nerve cell connections damaged by ALS has been FDA-approved for ongoing clinical trials. The drug is now being given to those with ALS and could be a ...
The Comet, the 707, and the disaster that shaped the Jet Age
Feb 18, 2022 · Once airborne, the Comet headed south at 460 mph (740 km/h), or 100 mph faster than the fastest propeller-driven airliner. Inside the pressurized cabin, the passengers traveled in relative luxury ...