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A Blizzard Can’t Dampen The Spirits Of The Nation’s Panda Bears
Video: As Winter Storm Jonas pummeled the United States’ east coast over the weekend, Washington DC’s Smithsonian National Zoo posted up this fantastic video of one of its pandas, Tian Tian, enjoying the weather.
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The First Blimp In Washington DC’s New Missile Shield Is Aloft
Over in the US, they’ve now floated the first of two football field-sized blimps that will serve as a missile shield for the capital, Washington DC. The tethered, helium-filled aerostat is equipped with anti-missile and anti-drone radar to protect the capital from attacks. It also looks like a cartoon.
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8 Massive Tunnels Being Built Right Now
Now that we know it was an 20cm steel pipe that brought the world’s largest-diameter tunnelling machine to a halt up in Seattle, we can no longer fantasise about Bertha unearthing a five-storey-tall buried locomotive. But we can look at something almost as fascinating: The other giant holes that are currently being churned through the…