"Flashback to the holiday season of 2001. After years of filming, the first film in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is due to hit theaters, and expectations... continue reading

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The Millennium Tower at 301 Mission Street in San Francisco is famously tilting and sinking into the ground. How does geology affect the design of skyscraper foundations, and what is being done to fix... continue reading

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In this video we dive deep into some of the more glaring errors in the design of Champlain Towers South and explore the most likely origin of the collapse from a structural engineering perspective. The

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https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 573 views • 10:04

YouTube description: A decade ago, engineers found the Humber Bridge had the same problem as many of the world's suspension bridges: unexpectedly fast corrosion. Here's how they fixed it, and how they're... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 942 views • 5:05

YouTube description: Rising to a height of 1.3 kilometres, Dubai Creek Tower is set to become the tallest man-made structure in history. For more by The B1M subscribe now: http://ow.ly/GxW7y Read... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 693 views • 4:56

In the 1830s, two French brothers, François and Joseph Blanc, pulled off the first telecoms scam in history. The optical telegraph, a line of semaphore towers stretching from hilltop to hilltop, was for... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 5 months 1 week ago • 527 views • 5:49

YouTube description: In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 weeks ago • 726 views • 3:34

YouTube: Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That’s equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 659 views • 5:15

YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 12 months ago • 1,611 views • 5:48

YouTube description: In Bremen, Germany, there's a tower more than a hundred metres high: it's called the Fallturm, or the Drop Tower. If you want a cost-effective way to test an experiment in microgravity... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 299 views • 4:02

In the Aljarafe region of Spain, there's PS10 and PS20: concentrated solar power towers. They're huge towers surrounded by heliostats: movable mirrors that track the sun and reflect its light onto a giant... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 441 views • 2:42

YouTube description: Engineers that work with fluids need a solid understanding of how they behave, and there’s one branch of fluid mechanics that plays a role in areas all across our lives. Whether... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 9 months ago • 116 views • 10:07