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Flanked by two powerful European nations, the English Channel has long been one of the world’s most important maritime passages. Yet for most of its history, the channel’s rocky shores...
It was the dawn of 1863, and London’s not-yet-opened subway system, the first of its kind in the world, had the city in an uproar. Digging a hole under the...
In 1978, Diane Hartley was writing her undergraduate architecture thesis when she made a shocking discovery. Her paper focused on the Citicorp Center, a skyscraper in midtown Manhattan. And after...
In the middle of the 19th century, the California gold rush brought thousands of settlers to America’s west coast. But finding gold may have been easier than transporting it back...
lIn January of 1953, a tidal surge shook the North Sea. The titanic waves flooded the Dutch coastline, killing almost 2,000 people. 54 years later, a similar storm threatened the...
In 1956, architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a mile-high skyscraper. It was going to be the world’s tallest building, by a lot — five times as high as the Eiffel...
above the floor of Nevada’s Black Canyon, a group of men repelled down the cliff face. Suddenly, a man stumbled over the canyon rim. He plummeted past the men, too...
In 1990, the Italian government enlisted top engineers to stabilize Pisa’s famous Leaning Tower. There’d been many attempts to right the tower during its 800 year history, but this team’s...
Because of the pathogens they carry, mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths every year than any other animal, including other humans. But very few of the 3,500 mosquito species...
A cockroach and jewel wasp are locked in battle— but not for long. The wasp latches onto the cockroach, arcs her body, and inserts her stinger precisely into a cluster...
