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A Year After the Toxic Train Derailment, Is East Palestine Safe?
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. If there hadn’t been construction planned for the bridge that crosses over Leslie Run, one of the creeks that runs through the middle of East Palestine, Ohio, Rick Tsai and Randy DeHaven might not have noticed the worst contamination they’d seen…
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Scientists Have Turned Bricks Into Batteries
We build homes out of bricks for lots of reasons. They’re resilient to high pressure and frost. They can withstand fluctuating temperatures without shrinking, expanding, or warping. They’re great at absorbing heat. They’re durable and can be reused. And according to a new study in Nature Communications, they can also be developed to store energy.
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Breathe Into A Paper Bag While This Real-Life Spider-Man Climbs A 29-Storey Hotel
Video: Thanks to an exterior clad in what look like reflective metal bars, Alain Robert, a professional urban climber, simply walked up to the Meliá Barcelona Sky hotel and started climbing, eventually scaling the 29-storey structure in just 22 minutes, without the use of any safety gear.
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Why We Should Build Our Cities Upward, Not Outward
Video: Why should we build taller cities? Because cities with taller buildings are cool as hell.