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India's export of engineering goods to US grows by 6.8%, China's falls by 52.4%
The US remains the top destination for India's engineering goods exports in the financial year 2022…
ANI
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The UN just unveiled a design for a new floating city that can withstand Category 5 hurricanes
The company believes a floating city project would address both dire housing shortages and threats …
Aria Bendix
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A floating plastic island in the San Francisco Bay may offer a new way to protect coasts from floods. It could even house people inside.
The prototype was deployed in August by a team of designers at the California College of the Arts (…
Aria Bendix
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China wants to build giant floating islands in the South China Sea
But China's proposed VLSFs would have a purpose-built design that would allow the platforms to func…
Jeremy Bender
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Airbnb gave a millennial couple $100,000 to build a wacky house in Malaysia. So they did.
In 2022, Airbnb held a competition that would award 100 people $100,000 each to build quirky, short…
Amanda Goh
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A floating school in Nigeria has collapsed after getting battered by heavy rain
The three-story wooden structure was designed by the architecture firm NLÉ in 2012 as a p…
Chris Weller
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Videos and photos show how oil rigs can be bigger than skyscrapers
Fossil fuel dependency has led humans to build some of the largest structures on Earth — from float…
Grace Kay
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Dubai is getting these stunning $23 million floating villas that can withstand sea level rise
According to a 2017 study from the Emirates Wildlife Society and World Wildlife Fund, researchers e…
Leanna Garfield
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This floating underwater tunnel in Norway could save half a day in travel time
The small Nordic country has announced plans to spend a reported $25 billion on a fully submerged, …
Chris Weller
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This Futuristic Floating City Could Become A Reality In China
According to the city's designers, the project's backers are in talks with a large Chinese investme…
Benjamin Zhang
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Floating cities are getting far closer to reality than ever before - but they won't be the libertarian utopias billionaires have proposed
After signing an agreement with French Polynesia in 2016 to build a floating city off the coast of …
Aria Bendix
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These floating buildings are made from thousands of plastic bottles to protect from storms and rising water
In 2016, Bangladesh experienced four cyclones - a record number in the country's recent history. An…
Leanna Garfield
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Here Are The Advantages Of Floating Nuclear Power Stations
The potential benefits of building nuclear power stations on floating platforms, much like those us…
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Fire ants are banding together as floating, stinging rafts to survive Hurricane Harvey's flooding
To escape floodwaters, the venomous insects quickly link together, with the queen and larvae a…
Kevin Loria
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Apple opens Marina Bay Sands, its first floating retail store in Singapore
The store introduces a new retail experience at one of the most iconic locations in the country.…
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This floating school in a lagoon could be part of the future of education
Makoko stands out from the rest of the structures not just because it rests on barrels and the othe…
Chris Weller
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A floating city is being built in the Maldives. It comprises a web of residences, shops, and schools that will one day be home to 20,000 people.
Located 10 minutes from Male, the city will feature 5,000 buildings spread across a mass of floatin…
Cheryl Teh
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Niti Ayog member Bibek Debroy refuses to buy ‘GST would boost GDP’ theory
Debroy also said the number of countries with GST is not more than six or seven, even as some…
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Scientists have created an 'unsinkable' metal that could be used to build ships or floating cities. It's backed by Bill Gates.
But if the metal was held underwater long enough, the grooves would eventually fill up with water i…