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In 2013, Belfast sculptor Brendan Jamison used 500,000 sugar cubes and help from more than 5,000 visitors to build a miniature city that stayed on view into 2014In 2013, Belfast sculptor Brendan Jamison spearheaded an innovative art project where 5,000 individuals collaboratively crafted a miniature...- In 1925, 10,000 Missouri schoolchildren built a miniature city with 1,200 buildings that helped boost homebuilding across SpringfieldIn 1925, Springfield schoolchildren constructed a miniature city for a promotional campaign. This ambitious project featured 1,200 tiny bui...
- In 2004, truck driver Joe Macken began with a tiny Rockefeller Center building; more than two decades later, his vast handmade New York model entered a city museumJoe Macken began a basement project in 2004, crafting miniature buildings from balsa wood. This hobby evolved into a vast scale model of Ne...
- Is AI really stealing from artists? The uncomfortable truth about originality in artThe feature explores how AI is reshaping ideas of art, originality and authorship, arguing that artists have always borrowed, adapted and c...
- Dengue season: Mosquitoes taking over your house? These 7 common plants can act as a natural shieldUrban residents are using plants on balconies to repel mosquitoes. Fragrant herbs and flowers are being adopted for their natural repellent...
- Dolly Parton’s Home being sold for $1.995 million: Inside her former California cottage with 7 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, a glamorous wig room, hidden security features and rare personal touchesDolly Parton's enchanting California cottage, available for $1.995 million, was her cherished weekend getaway for ten years. This unique pr...
- Taj Mahal in Madhya Pradesh: Businessman builds Rs 2 crore replica, one-third original size, for his wifeBusinessman Anand Prakash Chouksey built a Rs 2 crore Taj Mahal replica, scaled at one-third the original size, in Burhanpur, Madhya Prades...
- Workers allegedly died building this Las Vegas pyramid, but the darkest legend involves a blonde woman who appears on the 12th floorDuring the construction of the Luxor hotel in the early 1990s, thousands of laborers were employed, and sadly, some of them lost their live...
- In 2024, Tornyol Systems showed how a 1.4-ounce drone could detect and hunt mosquitoes using ultrasonic sensors. Two years later, the Paris startup recorded its first autonomous kill, but the victim was 1 moth, not a mosquitoA Paris startup just recorded its first autonomous insect kill using a 1.4-ounce drone. Tornyol Systems built the quadcopter with ultrasoni...
- Portland turned a 2-foot hole into an official park with its own tree and groundskeeperPortland's Mill Ends Park, a tiny traffic median, began as a reporter's joke. This small green space was officially declared a municipal pa...
- Warren Buffett's way to distinguish a great investor from a lucky one. Which one are you?In a bull market, everyone looks like a genius. Warren Buffett, having just booked what he believed was the largest one-year gain any Ameri...
- Win polls, lose authority: The lesson of July isn’t that GoI lost a minister, but that authority has to be earned between electionsA youth-led movement, born from exam scandals, forced a minister's resignation. This dissent highlights a growing gap between electoral str...
- Seven boys widened India's door to South Korea and everything changedSouth Korean cultural exports like K-pop and K-dramas have significantly boosted India's engagement. This cultural wave now fuels substanti...
- Rath Yatra 2026: 'Indian people pray with sincerity,' say foreign devotees captivated by Puri celebrationsPuri's annual Rath Yatra festival saw a massive turnout of devotees and international visitors. Foreign travelers joined millions of pilgri...
- How to turn a small terrace garden into a sweet watermelon patch this summerCity dwellers can successfully grow watermelons on balconies and terraces. Choose compact varieties and containers deep enough for root exp...
- No roads, only boat rides: India's 'Little Amazon' hides ancient rock carvings and dense forests. Travellers can enjoy a magical experience where every turn feels like a page from historyChabimura in Tripura offers a unique river cruise experience. Ancient rock carvings adorn sheer cliff walls overlooking the Gomati River. T...
- 750 times bigger than Pentagon: Egypt unveils a massive 22000-acre armed forces headquarters called 'The Octagon'Egypt has unveiled its colossal State Strategic Command Headquarters, dubbed 'The Octagon,' a sprawling military complex dwarfing the Penta...
- Swati Piramal uses wooden toys, ceramic miniatures to build her fairy gardenThe vice-chairperson of Piramal Enterprises said craftsmanship can be found in miniature that can enliven the landscape.
- Time travel: 5,000 years of history in fifty invaluable artefacts on display at CSMVS100 more objects will be worked on in the next two years, & similar exhibits will follow.
- Mamma mia: modelling the child after her motherDelhi-based portal Kidology receives regular orders from the city for kids' ensembles by designers such as Gauri & Nainika, Gaurav Gupta an...
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