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By Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN Updated 2022 Mar 17 – (CNN) The sprawling billion-dollar palace that sits on a hilltop overlooking the Black Sea is seen by some Kremlin critics as the ultimate emblem of Russian President …
St. Brigid of Kildare’s shrine in Faughart, County Louth, Ireland. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/ Hulton Archive via Getty Images – By Lisa Bitel, Professor of History & Religion, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Published: 2022 Mar 11 – On March 17, …
An autonomous underwater vehicle is recovered after completing a seafloor mapping mission in the Arctic Ocean. The remotely operated vehicle (foreground) is used to conduct visual surveys of the newly mapped seafloor. – By Katie Hunt, CNN Updated 2022 Mar 14 – Sign …
Biosphere is being created for the Treehotel project in Sweden, which showcases several hotel rooms by some of Scandinavia’s most respected architects. BIG – By Adam Williams 2022 Mar 15 – The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has produced more than its fair share of …
The Pontos kayak is presently on Indiegogo. Pontos – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Mar 15 – Kayaks have many great qualities, but they’re typically not something you can store in a closet or carry in a backpack. That’s why we’ve been seeing an increasing …
It is hoped discovery of medieval trading town Ravenser Odd can teach people about perils of climate crisis. Ravenser Odd, thought to have been located near Spurn Point in the Humber estuary, was destroyed in 1362. Photograph: Mr. Nut/Alamy – By Mark Brown …
The ST-40 spherical tokamak fusion reactor. Tokamak Energy – By David Szondy 2022 Mar 12 – Oxford-based UK tech firm Tokamak Energy has reached a milestone in privately-funded fusion research after its ST-40 spherical Tokamak reactor reached a temperature of 100 million °C (180 …
The male rose-veiled fairy wrasse showcases a stunning variety of colors as an adult. © Yi-Kai Tea – By Ashley Strickland, CNN Published 2022 Mar 10 – Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, …
Researchers HAVE found ants are as accurate as dogs in sniffing out cancer but they can be trained in as little as 30 minutes. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Mar 10 – A fascinating new proof-of-concept study from a team of researchers in …
An isolated tribe in the Bolivian Amazon was previously also found to have the healthiest arteries of any population ever studied. luq1/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Mar 09 – Researchers working with remote indigenous populations in the Bolivian Amazon have found the communities …
