Friday, December 25, 2009
Here is a list of the world’s most expensive engineering projects with estimated costs and short descriptions of each project (sources: iCivilEngineer, China Daily, Wikipedia). Some of the projects are already completed, some are under construction, so the cost estimates are not definitive. 5. Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier: 8.1 billion USD Artist’s concept of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 15, 2009
Sultan Kosen, a former basketball player from Turkey, has been acknowledged as the world’s tallest man, by the Guinness Book of Records. 26-year-old Kosen is 2 meters 46.5 cm tall and he also holds the record for the world’s biggest hands (27.5 cm) and the world’s biggest feet (36.5 cm). He grew as a normal child [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The GT by Citroën (sometimes spelled GTbyCitroën) is a sports car that debuted as a concept car on October 2 at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. The car is a collaboration between the French automaker Citroën and the Japanese racing simulation developer Polyphony Digital. An extremely limited edition, only 6 cars are to be built.
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
If you’re scared of heights, it may be time to look away now. Not content with having the tallest building in America , the owners of Sears Tower in Chicago have installed four glass box viewing platforms which stick out of the building 103 floors up. The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Etihad Airways, Air Emirates, Air New Zealand, Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Thai Airways, Qantas, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Chilli is a black and white Fresian bull, weighing a whopping 1.25 tons and standing at 6 feet and 6 inches in height. Abandoned by its owner on the doorstep of the sanctuary he lives in today, when he was just 6 days old, back in 1999, Chilli grew up to become the biggest bovine [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The nucleus of a skin cell taken from the ear of an adult male Afghan (left) was transferred into an egg cell of a yellow Labrador retriever (right). The altered egg was implanted in the Labrador. The resulting clone, Snuppy, (center) was delivered by caesarian section after 60 days.
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
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