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Geology 2 min

LLSVPs: the two colossal 'continents' buried 2,900 kilometers beneath Earth

Two gigantic continent-sized rocky anomalies lie atop the outer core, and science suggests they are remnants of the protoplanet that formed the Moon.

geophysics
earth mantle
theia

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Engineering 2 min

The golden pendulum of Taipei 101: The 660-ton sphere that saves the skyscraper from earthquakes and typhoons

Suspended between the 87th and 92nd floors, this colossal tuned mass damper curbs violent oscillations by swaying in the opposite direction of the tower.

structural engineering
taipei 101
tuned mass damper

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Results for «seismology»

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LLSVPs: the two colossal 'continents' buried 2,900 kilometers beneath Earth

The golden pendulum of Taipei 101: The 660-ton sphere that saves the skyscraper from earthquakes and typhoons