The flight between Papa Westray and Westray takes 80-90 seconds and covers about 2km. Why does it exist? And what's it like? On a rainy day in the Orkney Islands, I went to find out.
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"Olympic sports are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. They are Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Besides, there are two more Olympics. They are Special Olympics and Paralympics.... continue reading
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posted by w1ndex 3 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 510 views • 9:10From YT: This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand clean-energy investment and support the innovations... continue reading
posted by Nephelimdream 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 42 views • 10:07YouTube description: The Roadmachines Mono-Rail may have been the only truly useful, fit-for-purpose monorail in the world. Of the hundreds that were built, most were never meant for passengers. But... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months ago • 443 views • 3:24This video explains the process by which I created the flattest CPU in the world, bringing a Ryzen 3950x to within 0.3 microns of flatness error, two orders of magnitude more accurate than what is possible... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 3 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 63 views • 10:09https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading
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