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World Longest Power Submarine Cable To Connect $25BN Wind Solar Complex in Morocco To The UK Grid

British company Xlinks, has announced plans to build 10.5 Giga Watts of wind and solar parks in Morocco and sell the generated power in the UK. According to the company’s CEO, Simon Morrish, in an interview with PV magazine, this … Continue reading →

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Homochirality: Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules

[…] Molecules of biological origin always have a fixed handedness or chirality. For example you only ever see right handed sugars and left handed amino acids in nature. But why? Credits: Meteorite image – Art Bromage – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… RNA and … Continue reading →

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These Thorium Reactors Could Power Civilization for Millions of Years

[…]Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors Can Unlock the Atom in a safe way while producing a fraction of the waste that current reactors do. Do we stand at the dawn of another Atomic Age?[…]

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How the Body Builds a Healthy Relationship with “Good” Gut Bacteria – ScienceBlog.com

Our body’s relationship with bacteria is complex. While infectious bacteria can cause illness, our gut is also teaming with “good” bacteria that aids nutrition and helps keep us healthy. But even the “good” can have bad effects if these bacteria … Continue reading →

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Things In Interstellar You Notice After Watching More Than Once

Christopher Nolan’s fascination with the intricacies of time is on full display in his 2014 sci-fi epic Interstellar. Starring Matthew McConaughey as Cooper, an engineer and former pilot who sets out on a mind-bending journey to find a new home … Continue reading →

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Guy Breaks World Record by Balancing 1,512 Jenga Pieces on One

By Emma Taggart on May 20, 2021 “I thought there was no way anyone can stack more than 1,000 blocks of Jenga. Imagine my excitement when I proved myself wrong.” Playing the classic Jenga game would test the nerves of … Continue reading →

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Gravity-Driven Marble Run Sculptures Are Comprised of Precisely Soldered Copper Pathways

LittleBall Creations matches the inventive spirit of Wallace & Gromit’s titular character with an elaborately constructed rolling ball sculpture shaped like the rocket ship that headlined the classic animation’s first episode. Complete with mechanisms inspired by the show, the four-track … Continue reading →

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Architectural secrets of the world’s ancient wonders

How did ancient civilizations move massive stones to build Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Easter Island statues? In this quick, delightful talk, TED Fellow Brandon Clifford reveals some architectural secrets of the past and shows how we can use these … Continue reading →

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The Falling Water House

The documentary film about one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest masterpieces. In 1935, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a country house for the Kaufmann family over a small stream in rural southwestern Pennsylvania , 43 miles (69 km) southeast of Pittsburgh,built … Continue reading →

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Sci-Fi Short Film: “A Week With Rebecca” | DUST

A robotics company executive pushes for the development of an android companionship model and unexpectedly spends a week with her. “A Week With Rebecca” by Marcus Shenn Connect with the Filmmaker and “A Week With Rebecca”: https://www.instagram.com/incognito.e… https://www.aweekwithrebecca.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13155080/ https://www.facebook.com/aweekwithreb… … Continue reading →

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