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Generation 4 nuclear power plant with capacity of 35 billion kWh/year

The Shidaowan high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) plant in China is set to expand by integrating a pressurized water reactor, significantly boosting its capacity to supply electricity to 17 million households. On July 29, Interesting Engineering reported that China has begun expanding the world’s first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, the Shidaowan HTGR, located in Shandong province, […]

Self-regenerating fireworms threaten the Mediterranean Sea

Bearded fireworms are proliferating in the warming Mediterranean, thanks to climate change, reducing fish catches and stinging beachgoers. In the waters off Sicily, Alfonso Barone’s fishing nets are frequently filled with fish mauled by the bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata), a voracious predator thriving in the warming Mediterranean Sea, according to AFP. These centipede-like creatures, measuring […]

What would happen if a black hole entered the solar system?

If a black hole were to come close to Earth, it could trigger catastrophic effects: heating the planet, evaporating the oceans, and rendering life unsustainable. Black holes are nearly invisible entities, possessing such immense power that even light cannot escape their grasp. The outcome of a black hole entering our Solar System hinges on several […]

Unusual large whale cemetery under the sea

More than 60 whale skeletons lie beneath the waters off the coast of Los Angeles, surpassing the total number of whale skeletons discovered globally since 1977. Eric Terrill and Sophia Merrifield, two oceanographers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, led a research team in conducting surveys in 2021 […]

Unique Virus model made of glass

Artisan Luke Jerram< span class=”apple-converted-space” style=”line-height:16.5pt”> started making glass models of bacteria and viruses since 2004. Luke create not only do these models make people aware of their impact on a global scale, they are also unique works of art.    > The works of Luke Jerram are called  generally“Glass Microbiology< /i>” (Translation: Glass microbiology). Luke replicate image images of pathogenic bacteria and germs of […]