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London Underground vs New York City Subway Comparison (2019)

Which city has better metro system? London or NYC? Watch this video to find out! We have compared London Underground to New York City Subway based on the following points: Maximum speed, Average speed, Network length, Number of stations, Comfort … Continue reading

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Onboard testing of airborne bacteria/virus/particle-destroying system on two NYC commuter-rail operations begins – ScienceBlog.com

he below Oct. 15, 2020 press release is from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road are piloting a new technology to filter … Continue reading

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Animated Maps: Submarine Cables

Deep on the ocean floor you will find communication cables made to carry signals from one land to another. The first undersea communications cables, laid in the 1850s, carried telegraphy. Now these cables carry our phone and Internet traffic. Yet, … Continue reading

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Centralia: The Real-Life Silent Hill | Answers With Joe

The first 1000 people to sign up at https://skl.sh/joescott10201will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium! Centralia is a town at the heart of coal country that now sits abandoned and forgotten. The story behind what happened there is far … Continue reading

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Why Amnesty opposes the death penalty without exception

For 40 years, Amnesty has been campaigning to abolish the death penalty around the world. We know that, together, we can end the death penalty everywhere. Every day, people are executed and sentenced to death by the state as punishment … Continue reading

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WHERE I WORK : Flying through an undersea ‘stained-glass window’ | Nature

                     Kendall Powell                  Cayne Layton is a marine ecologist at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Hobart, Australia. Credit: Craig Johnson … Continue reading

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Tokyo Public Parks are Prepared for the Next Natural Disaster | Spoon & Tamago

Given Japan’s susceptibility to natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes, landscape architects and urban engineers have been quietly re-designing public parks to function as evacuation areas. And many of these design tweaks are so subtle you wouldn’t even notice them, … Continue reading

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Bitter chocolate | DW Documentary

Chocolate may be a sweet treat, but its production leaves a bitter taste. Rainforests are cleared so slaves and children laborers can harvest cocoa beans on illegal plantations. Cocoa is produced under the most dubious conditions. In Ivory Coast, the … Continue reading

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Searching for China’s Ancient Tea Leaves

Tea is the most popular beverage in the world, first cultivated over 6,000 years ago in ancient China. Shunan Teng is on a mission to experience it in its most authentic, historic form. Her love for tea knows no bounds, … Continue reading

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How Greece Is Stopping China’s Plan For World Domination

Over the last 2 decades, China has been rapidly monopolizing every aspect of world trade. From buying out the worlds ports in almost every country on the planet, to being the worlds supplier of nearly 30% of the worlds goods, … Continue reading

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