Architecture
July 28, 2022

Architects Design 100-Mile-Long Mirrored Skyscraper That Runs Into the Red Sea

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has revealed plans for The Line, a futuristic urban planning model intended to house 9 million residents. The innovative design, which looks ripped from a video game, sees two tall, narrow buildings run into the Red Sea. The mirror-clad building will be a highlight of Neom, a smart city being built in northwest Saudi Arabia.

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Astronomy
July 28, 2022

Symbolic Space Patch Celebrates the Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope

Patches have long been a way to commemorate an event or an achievement. Designer Tim Gagnon creates special space patches that celebrate and remember the amazing accomplishments of NASA. Sold through A-B Emblem, the official NASA patch manufacturer for more than 50 years, the patches produced by Gagnon offer illustrative designs of individual missions, teams, and history-making moments. Of his vast, awe-inspiring designs, Gagnon’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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Cats
July 27, 2022

Video Game Where You Play as a Stray Cat Is Now the Highest Rated Game of 2022

Video games allow you to imagine yourself as someone, or something, else. Stray is a recently released game that imagines you as a cute kitty on a quest. And players think this game is purrfection. Though concept may seem simple, it's become the highest user-rated game on Steam, a popular video game distribution service. Stray is the debut game from indie developer BlueTwelve Studio.

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Good News
July 27, 2022

Newlyweds Adopt the Friendly Stray Dog that Crashed Their Wedding

Wedding crashers are usually unwelcome visitors; but at the ceremony of Tamiris Muzini and Douglas Vieira Robert, there was one uninvited guest who entered as a stranger and left as part of the wedding party’s family. So who was this mysterious person? It was actually a stray dog that appeared at the church in Brazil the day of the wedding and sat at the entrance, greeting the guests.

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