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Engineering
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Standing as tall as a thirty-story building with a titanic bucket wheel, this German machine moves mountains while consuming the electricity of a city.
Geology
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More than 2,400 million years ago, the first biological oxygen triggered a colossal rust precipitation that covered the seafloor and formed most of the iron we mine today.
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.
Engineering
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How an innovative trench of liquid clay and concrete created a one-kilometer underground shield to hold back water pressure.
Engineering
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From the subsoil of major cities to deep mines, engineers cool the earth to sub-zero temperatures to excavate without collapsing cities.
Engineering
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In 1978, an overlooked calculation revealed that a moderate hurricane could bring down a 59-story tower in Manhattan, sparking a covert nighttime rescue mission.
Engineering
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In 1930, engineers lifted and rotated an eight-story skyscraper without interrupting a single phone call or breaking a pipe.
Engineering
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Two gates the size of the Eiffel Tower that float, rotate on colossal mechanical ball joints, and sink to stop ocean storms.
Engineering
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At 472 meters tall, this concrete megastructure holds the record as the heaviest object ever moved across the face of the Earth.
Engineering
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Suspended between the 87th and 92nd floors, this colossal tuned mass damper curbs violent oscillations by swaying in the opposite direction of the tower.
Nature
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Discover majestic underwater kelp forests, vibrant ecosystems that grow up to 60 meters and harbor biodiversity as rich as tropical rainforests.