Engineering

Giant Meteorite Unearthed in Argentina is the Second Heaviest Ever Found

A giant 30-ton meteorite has been discovered in the Argentina town of Gancedo. As per experts, it is one of the largest meteorites ever found on Earth. It originated from a meteor shower that hit the region…

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The World’s Largest Ship Elevator Can Hoist 6.7 Million Pounds of Boat and Water

The world’s largest ship elevator at the Three Gorges Dam opened in Yichang City, central China’s Hubei Province, on Sunday, with a prospect to increase the shipping capacity past the dam by six million tons…

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MIT Invented a Terahertz Camera That Will Let You Read Closed Books

Have you ever thought of reading a book without opening its cover? Although it sounds weird, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a prototype imaging system that allows you to go…

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Is It Worth It? Cost/Benefit Analysis of a Bachelor’s Degree [Infographic]

Source: BachelorsDegreeCenter.org

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Zaza Hadid’s Antwerp Port House is a Unique Structure Right on the Water

After Zaza Hadid’s passing a few months ago, many were unsure regarding what would happen to her various unfinished projects, namely Hadid’s Antwerp port house. Initially designed back in 2009, the building was finally completed…

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From Sinkholes to Radioactive Waste, Phosphate Mining Brings a ‘Mosaic’ of Destruction to Florida

A massive sinkhole opened up under a phosphate gypsum stack, sending radioactive waste into the Floridan aquifer. So far, 215 million gallons of contaminated mining waste have flowed into the main source of drinking water…

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Extended Inert Gas Coverage During Titanium and Stainless Steel Welding

To avoid metallurgical defects, to remove oxidation and discolouration, and to save expensive cleaning costs on titanium and stainless steel tubes, pipes, and sheet metal welding, Argweld® Trailing Shields® are available. Manufactured by Huntingdon Fusion…

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Yahoo to Confirm Rumored Hack That Affected 200 Million Users

Motherboard reported on the hack this past summer but Yahoo never confirmed nor denied the reports. Now, Yahoo is preparing to acknowledge the massive data breach that affected 200 million users, according to veteran tech journalist…

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Mushroom Burial Attire Speeds a Body’s Return to Earth

Matter never goes away, it just transforms. It’s the job of fungi to decompose matter so that it can become something new. For those of us who care deeply about ecology, this is serious. Now…

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Your Antibacterial Soap May Do More Harm Than Good

We all believe that antibacterial soaps contain chemical ingredients that assist in killing bacteria. But according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there has not been enough scientific evidence to show that antibacterial…

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