Washington DC may not really have been built on a swamp, but it can’t escape the swamp gas. Scientists just published a survey that maps a whopping 5893 natural gas leaks in the city’s ageing pipelines.
Pretty much anyone who walks into a bar or diner in a group is scanning for a booth. It’s just nicer to eat five plates of cheese fries in your own space. And the architects at Australian firm Techne clearly agree because they used concrete pipes to create seating spaces…
The world record for deepest dive using scuba gear stands at 330m. Impressive, but when laying transatlantic telecommunication lines 2000m down, leave the humans on the surface and send in an ROV Trencher.