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Australian TV Network Backpedals After Airing Show Saying Wifi Causes Cancer

It was called "Wi-Fried?"

Erik Shilling July 5, 2016

Hydroelectric Plant View - A window in the control room looking over to the Shimizusawa Dam and its hydroelectric power plant.

Yūbari-shi, Japan

Shimizusawa Thermal Power Plant

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

Google's New 5,500-Mile Undersea Cable from the U.S. to Japan Is Now Going Online

It's faster than your modem.

Erik Shilling June 30, 2016

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View from the platform

Swaffham, England

Green Britain Centre Wind Turbine

Climb to the top of this windmill for a scenic panorama and up-close look at wind energy production.

How a Kitten Video Can Transmit Secret Instructions to Criminals

An ancient form of information-hiding known as steganography has infiltrated the viral internet.

Lauren Young June 22, 2016

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The Blue Flash in Bruceville

Bruceville, Indiana

Blue Flash Backyard Roller Coaster

A humble homemade ride attracts visitors from around the globe to this small Midwestern town.

Pipeline

Mundaring, Australia

Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

An engineering masterpiece, or “Scheme of Madness?”

A giraffe surprises some tourists at South Africa's Kruger National Park.

National Parks in South Africa May Ban Wildlife Apps

Sometimes disruptive technology is, well, disruptive.

Cara Giaimo June 13, 2016

Not All Digital Maps Are the Same

Google Maps and Apple Maps show two very different views of the world, a recent essay argues.

Jessie Guy-Ryan June 13, 2016

ESTEC aerial view

Noordwijk, Netherlands

European Space Research and Technology Centre

The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.

The First Public Course for Drone Racing Is Opening Soon

In San Francisco, of course.

Eric Grundhauser June 6, 2016

Watch a Hypnotizing Machine Sort River Rocks by Age

The Jller uses a method that is just as much art as it is science.

Urvija Banerji May 31, 2016

Watch This Elevated Bus Swallow Cars and Straddle Roads

A Chinese company's transportation proposal may give subways good competition.

Lauren Young May 26, 2016

Net Guns Don’t Just Capture Animals, They Take Down Drones

How to handle an invasive, buzzing quadcopter: throw a net over it.

Eric Grundhauser May 26, 2016

Sheffield, England

Bessemer Converter at Kelham Island Industrial Museum

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

The Facial Recognition App That Could End Public Anonymity in Russia

Things are getting weird.

Erik Shilling May 17, 2016

Persu, Duesenberg, some tractor-looking thing

Bucharest, Romania

Dimitrie Leonida Technical Museum

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

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Agbogbloshie

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.