Tag Archives: construction

How did English come to have different words for “ape” and “monkey”?

Photo by Leslie Low / Unsplash The etymology of our words for living primates gives some insight into how common ideas adjusted to new scientific knowledge. JOHN HAWKS JAN 06, 2019 In scientific English, today we often distinguish between “monkeys” … Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

why do we even HAVE the word “monkey”? #linguistics

Posted in English | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

It’s brilliant to see this area without any scaffolding on it, now for the rest of Spinningfields to be sorted as well as the bridge!

Posted in Architecture | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

This 5,000 year old burial mound in Newport, Wales, predates both the great Pyramids and the standing stones of Stonehenge

Posted in History | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Brutalist Utopian Vision of the Future

Posted in Architecture | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

linguistically, you’re not that mysterious

Posted in Language | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

We Went Inside CERN… Something Bigger is Happening

1 Apr 2026 Mark Thomson is the newly appointed director general of CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is the world’s biggest particle physics laboratory, and its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) smashes particles together at almost the speed of light to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

How Diesel Is Made? Why Heavy Machines Use It Instead of Gasoline?

28 Mar 2026 HOA KỲ How Diesel Is Made? Why Heavy Machines Use It Instead of Gasoline? Have you ever wondered how diesel is made and why it powers so many of the world’s heaviest machines? In this video, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Design | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Building the Impossible: What’s Hidden Inside Christ the Redeemer?

[…] Did you know that Christ the Redeemer is a hollow 12-story structure standing 700 meters above sea level? In this video, we explore the hidden engineering secrets, the extreme calculations, and the incredible technical challenge behind the construction of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Surviving with only 90 verbs #linguistics #history #language

Posted in Language | Tagged , , | Leave a comment