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Lacking electricity and water, how did China build thousands of kilometers of highway across the Taklimakan desert?
Building cross-desert highways is one of China's engineering marvels.
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Unexpected secrets inside the 'ghost hotel' located alone next to the highway
Imagine, it's late at night, you stop and want to book a hotel room but can't find the entrance to the building. How would that feel?
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Suddenly appeared a giant flock of crows flying over the highway
A giant flock of crows was seen flying over a highway in eastern China on February 8.
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The land that specializes in 'swallowing' cars in China: Many people have to sadly leave their cars behind, even if they are given money, no one will come to take them back
Although the value of abandoned cars is not small, the risk of bringing them back is even greater.
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Giant pyramid 'appears' in the middle of the highway in Mexico
An emergency rescue excavation was launched when a thousand-year-old pyramid suddenly appeared in the middle of the construction site.
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Video: Watch workers 'plant' hay to protect a road in the middle of China's largest desert
These workers are placing hay fences along a road under construction in the Taklamakan, the largest desert in China.
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The Secret Behind Car Headrest Design That You Don't Know
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), head restraints not only provide comfort but also play an important role in protecting the body.
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The mobile bridge helps vehicles pass through the road under repair
A new modular mobile overpass design allows vehicles to drive right above the highway section that needs repair instead of having to take a detour.
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Find the 'highway' straight into the space-time tear
The hypothetical structure mentioned by Einstein in 1915 has been confirmed in a space-time tear 10,000 light years away from us.
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America built the world's largest bridge for animals
The 64-meter-long bridge spanning an eight-lane highway in Los Angeles County will be completed in 2025.
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'Death' mucus has haunted Venezuela for 40 years
The mysterious black mucus killed 1,800 people in just the first five years after it appeared on a stretch of highway near Caracas.
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Gravelly Hill - The most complex 'pasta' intersection on the planet
The Gravelly Hill intersection in Birmingham is one of the most complex intersections on the planet with 5 floors, 559 concrete columns and a height of more than 24 mete…
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Watch China build a 6-lane highway tunnel 70m deep at the bottom of the Yangtze River
The tunnel at a depth of 70m lies at the bottom through the Yangtze River, designed to be a two-way highway with 6 lanes.
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See how China built a highway more than 150km through the desert despite the sandstorm
Despite the summer desert temperatures that can reach 70 degrees Celsius, China is continuing to build a mega project, the highway through Taklimakan, the largest desert…
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China develops materials to build highways on the Moon
The team at Beihang University improved old materials and combined them with 3D printing technology to build roads on the Moon in the future.