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Engineering
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The planet's greatest electromechanical naval feat overcomes a forty-story elevation difference in just forty minutes.
Geology
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How slow geochemical crystallization sculpted gigantic three-meter orbs in Paleocene mud long before being unearthed by the waves.
Animals
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An army of millions of microscopic hairs allows these reptiles to stick to smooth glass using intermolecular quantum physics without glue or suction.
Geology
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The colossal block of oceanic crust and deep rock that rode over a continent instead of sinking into the abyss
Biology
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A microscopic marvel without a brain or neurons that fused mitochondria and chloroplasts to build a perfect lens and retina.
Engineering
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Two swinging arms the size of the Eiffel Tower protect the Netherlands with gigantic ball joints and an autonomous system without human intervention.
Engineering
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Beneath the surface of the Japanese capital lies a monumental chamber supported by 59 pillars weighing 500 tons and powered by airplane turbines.
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.
Geology
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A discovery inside gems from the mantle revealed the natural existence of an exotic phase of water that remains crystallized at room temperature.
Nature
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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.