Are you planning to construct a building on a reclaimed land? Then find out first — how quake-resistant are buildings on reclaimed land? Then, think over again, especially if it is in a quake-prone area.
Fan Sau Cheong, an engineering professor.
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Yet another new species discovered! This time it’s in the central deserts of Western Australia – a species of Taipan (a large — up to 3 meters in length — fast, highly venomous Australian snakes). According to the Australian researchers, this…
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Okay, so you are using solar energy, wind turbines, recycled products and drive less in order to do your bit to prevent global warming. But did you know that the amount of time you spend on surfing the internet also plays a role in causing the green…
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Increasing carbon emissions is raising concerns about its serious consequences across the world. So, to curb this emission leading to global warming, an international carbon pie needs to be appointed. A pie like this would be employed for setting up an…
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The Panama Canal built in 1914, will find itself widened for the first time when it celebrates its centennial anniversary in 2014.
The Panamanian congress made a decision to widen the canal by 42 feet, to give it an overall width of about 150 feet….
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A report developed for the United Nations by the United States Climate Action, stated that the emission of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases will grow in a similar way as noticed in the previous decade, but, will be at a slower rate compared to the…
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The most detailed, high-resolution map of Antarctica has been produced for the first time. More than a thousand images taken by the Landsat 7 satellite have been meticulously woven together by the NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Golden,…
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The new finding of dino bones surprisingly reveals that the genomes of both the birds and the dinosaurs are short, defying the earlier fining that relatively shorter genomes were associated with flight, researchers now say.
The distinction between…
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With ‘eco-friendly’ being the happening lifestyle buzzword presently, we are aware of eco-friendly cars, lightbulbs, tourism, shopping bags etc. – but eco-friendly sex!
Can’t the lovers get mindful about saving the planet during fits of passion?…
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After 30 years of disappearance, the rare butterflies of Australia have been spotted once again in the Northern Territory. It is at the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park on the Cobourg Peninsula, lying on the north-east of Darwin, the northern Argus…
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