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Italian photographers document socialist history through post-war Soviet architecture in Georgia | Dezeen

Katie de Klee | 9 September 2018 Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego have captured the architecture and monuments of post-war Soviet Georgia in their latest photography collection. Conte and Perego took photographs of 12 buildings built after the Second World War, … Continue reading

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Amsterdam Unveils 3D-Printed Bridge At Old Canal, With Ribbon-Cutting By Robot – DesignTAXI.com

By Ell Ko, 16 Jul 2021 Technology meets traditional steelwork in this distinctly modern structure.   A fully 3D-printed bridge has found its new home on one of central Amsterdam’s most famous canals, the Oudezijds Achterburgwal. The Dutch Queen Maxima … Continue reading

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Great News! NASA Managed to Fix The Hubble Telescope…For Now

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the recent news from the Hubble telescope. Servicing mission 3B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjh5… […]

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Truth vs Reality: How we evolved to survive, not to see what’s really there | Donald Hoffman

Galileo was quite controversial, in part, because he argued that Earth moved around the sun, despite people’s senses deluding them that the world was static. Evolution may have primed us to see the world in terms of payoffs rather than … Continue reading

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HOW ON EARTH did China succeed in landing Zhurong rover on Mars? Review of CNSA deep space missions

As the first Mars rover probe launched by China, Tianwen-1 Zhurong rover has completed the three major technical steps of Mars exploration at one time. The three steps are Orbiting, landing, and patrolling, which are, entering Mars orbit, landing on … Continue reading

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Illinois Adventure #1308 “Cahokia Mounds”

[8 Mar 2014] The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois, lie the archaeological remnants of … Continue reading

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A Washing Machine Full of Bees | The Kid Should See This

This washing machine had been repurposed and was being used as a compost bin…until bees decided to move in and build a hive there! The homeowner had lifted the lid open a few days before and was stung, so I … Continue reading

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Footage of “sinister” police raid on Antepavilion building triggers anger

Organisers of the annual Antepavilion architecture charity competition have released footage of police storming their building and arresting staff ahead of the opening of the rooftop tensegrity structure targeted in the raid. CCTV footage shows more than 40 officers streaming into … Continue reading

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The English Language ‘Family Tree’

 

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A Universal Vaccine May Be Closer Than You Think

After the last year, we’ve seen just how progressive we can be at developing a vaccine. Never before have we made one so efficiently. But COVID has done more than just spark the development of COVID-specific vaccines, it has advanced … Continue reading

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