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The Future Of Technology Is Hiding On The Ocean Floor
In March 1968, a Soviet Golf II submarine carrying nuclear ballistic missiles exploded and sank 2780km northwest of Hawaii. Five months later, the US government discovered the wreckage — and decided to steal it. So began Project AZORIAN, one of the most absurdly ambitious operations the CIA has ever conceived.
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The Awful Air Pollution In China Is Killing 4,000 People Every Day
The layer of thick smog that blankets many of China’s cities is not just making residents sick, it’s also causing premature death. Up to 4,000 people a day are dying due to China’s air pollution.
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Giz Explains: How Leather Is Slowly Killing The People And Places That Make It
Although we may consider ourselves intellectually and technologically superior to our cave-dwelling ancestors, we still adorn our bodies, transports and homes with the skin of conquered animals. But unlike the wholly organic methods used by our forebears, the modern leather industry is simultaneously killing the local environment and the people that work there with a…
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Making Plastic, Fertiliser And Superglue Out Of Thin Air
What to do with an environment-wrecking molecule like carbon dioxide? The gas behind global warming and ocean acidification enjoys a pretty rough reputation these days, but scientists have been working on ingenious ways to put carbon dioxide to good use. A little electricity, it turns out, can transform the waste gas into raw material for…