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Going into operation in 2022, the farm called GigaFarm of the Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is bringing in millions of kilograms of vegetables every year.
To carry out this project, Japan had to hollow out a mountain. Once completed, this megaproject will be unlike any existing construction.
To date, 14 years after its inauguration, this bridge across the gentle Hau River still holds the above two records.
Fountains connected to shallow tanks and water channels from streams or underground aquifers provide abundant water sources for the people of Nepal.
The 325m-high Mori JP Tower is equipped with many systems to help reduce strong shaking and can withstand earthquakes up to 9 degrees.
Austrian startup Solar Container launched the SolarCont mobile solar system containing 240 solar panels folded into a box as large as a standard container.
An Indian billionaire is building the world's largest power plant, an area five times the size of Paris, visible from space, meeting the electricity needs of 16 million…
More than 140 years ago, American educator Charles F. Dowd created time zones. Today, time zones govern the work and sleep schedules of most people around the world.
According to scientific experiments, the story that frogs do not recognize danger and do not run away when slowly heated is incorrect.
Mr. Pablo Novak, 93 years old, returned to live in the ghost town of Epecuen (Argentina) for nearly 25 years; no one else was here after the town was submerged in floodw…
A Swedish engineer's short flight to the North Pole ended when the hot air balloon carrying three people crashed on a remote island.
British writer Samuel Rowbotham once conducted the 'Flat Earth' experiment at Old Bedford River, the water channel ran straight and unobstructed for nearly 10 km.
Inspired by hot air balloons, inventor Jacques Charles decided to build a hydrogen-powered balloon, which he considered safer.
For centuries, the Great Code stood like an unassailable fortress, leaving even the most skilled codebreakers confused and even at a loss.
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