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Geology
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Extreme friction along geological faults generates temperatures exceeding 1,100 °C that melt bedrock in the blink of an eye.
Engineering
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How an ingenious system of Teflon sliding beams and calculated bends averted an ecological catastrophe across an active fault.
Engineering
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Connecting Europe and Asia under the Bosphorus Strait using gigantic concrete modules submerged with millimeter precision.
Geology
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Hundreds of redcedars submerged in saline mud allowed geologists to date a magnitude 9 earthquake that dropped the coastline and sent a tsunami to Japan.
Geology
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In the Horn of Africa, three tectonic plates are pulling apart in slow motion, allowing geologists to witness the birth of a sea in real time.
Engineering
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In 1995, the devastating Kobe earthquake pushed the colossal underwater support towers apart, forcing engineers to redesign the project on the fly.
Engineering
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Suspended between floors 87 and 92, this steel mass acts as an inertial counterweight that dampens the swaying of the Taiwanese colossus without using electricity.
Nature
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In ocean depths, this marine animal synthesizes a silica skeleton that outperforms human engineering and hosts an unusual lifelong symbiosis.
Science and technology
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How machine learning is revolutionizing seismic forecasting
Science and technology
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A marvel of quantum physics capable of keeping time without losing a single second in 30,000 million years and measuring Einstein's time dilation on a lab bench.
Engineering
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The colossal engineering feat that assembled an arch taller than the Statue of Liberty and then pushed it over the nuclear reactor
Engineering
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How a zigzag design, sliding supports, and thermosyphons prevented a colossal ecological disaster in the Arctic.