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Nepal tunnel rescues face 'unprecedented' challengeNepal faces an unprecedented flood disaster after a mountain collapse killed many. Rescue efforts continue for hundreds of hydropower worke...- In 1991, Berkeley transformed a landfill into Cesar Chavez Park. 35 years later, the former dump is a scenic waterfront park with an annual kite festival for localsAtlas Obscura identifies César Chávez Park as a former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival and notes that the Berkeley Kite Festiva...
- Nepal floods: Chinese national rescued alive from hydropower tunnel after 10 daysRescuers in Nepal have pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel. This rescue brings the total to three workers found after ...
- Trump threatens US might 'hit' Iranian nuclear site Pickaxe Mountain 'very soon'US President Trump warned of a potential strike on Iran's underground nuclear site. He stated the United States aims to prevent Tehran from...
- In 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his team invented first long-range ballistic missile for Nazi Germany but it was built by concentration camp prisoners under brutal conditions, laying the foundation for both the American and Soviet space programsIn 1944, a German aerospace engineer along with his research team invented the first long-range ballistic missile secretly for Nazi Germany...
- MMRDA to complete ongoing infrastructure work by December 2028, ahead of December 2029 deadlineMMRDA is advancing infrastructure projects to achieve the 'Mumbai in 59 Minutes' vision. These projects aim to create seamless east-west an...
- Nepal flood rescue: WhatsApp group of engineers guides search for survivors in buried hydropower tunnelsExperts use a WhatsApp group to guide rescue workers searching devastated hydropower plant tunnels. They seek survivors trapped inside tunn...
- Nepal-Tibet flood death toll rises to 1,252 as PM Balendra Shah flags climate change linkThe death toll from devastating Nepal-Tibet flash floods has surged to 1,243. Rescuers are searching for trapped individuals in tunnels and...
- How two officers accidentally captured El Chapo after his dramatic escape — the real events behind Netflix’s new thrillerNetflix's Facing El Chapo revisits Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's January 2016 recapture. Two federal officers unknowingly stopped the fugitiv...
- Sean Ragon dies at 45: How the Cult of Youth founder built a cult following across punk, goth and experimental musicSean Ragon, the musician behind Cult of Youth, has died at age 45. His career spanned punk, goth, and industrial music genres. Ragon also o...
- India’s tunnel rescue teams make headway at two Nepal hydropower sitesIndian rescue teams are advancing at Nepal's flood-damaged hydropower sites. They have established a foothold inside a tunnel at Chilime an...
- Good chance that trapped workers are still alive in Nepal hydropower plant, official saysRescue efforts continue for workers trapped in Nepal's Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant. Officials are confident many of the forty-six trapped ...
- Four friends entered a Utah cave in 2005 for an adventure, but a narrow underwater passage became their deadly trap inside the now-sealed ‘Cave of Death’Four young people entered a cave near Provo, Utah, in 2005 for an underground adventure but became trapped in a narrow, water-filled passag...
- Nepal floods: 163 Indians evacuated, tunnel rescue team soldiers on despite challengesIndia has rescued 163 nationals following devastating flash floods in Nepal. A specialised forensics team from India is assisting with DNA ...
- In 1870, a New York millionaire secretly built a 300-foot underground railway. Decades before the city's modern subway network took shape, people forgot it existedLong before New York City’s modern subway system opened in 1904, a millionaire had already built a secret underground railway beneath Broad...
- 537 workers remain missing as Nepal races to reach flood-hit hydropower tunnelsRescue efforts intensify for hundreds of workers missing in Nepal's flood-hit hydropower projects. Mud and debris are blocking tunnel entra...
- In 1972, Chicago began digging 110 miles of sewer tunnel up to 300 feet down; 50 years on, the Deep Tunnel has captured more than a trillion gallons of combined sewageChicago's Deep Tunnel project has been a vital safeguard for Lake Michigan over the past fifty years. Initiated in 1972, this impressive 11...
- In Poland, engineers used a 3,500-ton concrete cradle to launch a giant boring machine beneath Łódź; the 2.9-mile tunnel will carry high-speed trains under the city without tearing up its streetsA specialized concrete cradle was recently completed for a tunnel boring machine. This machine will construct a new high-speed rail tunnel ...
- Moon Homestay found: Nasa scientists confirm 200 caves that can shelter people, next to the Apollo 11 site where Neil Armstrong landedScientists have found the first confirmed evidence of a cave beneath the Moon’s surface using radar data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance O...
- Earlier in 2026, United Utilities sent 44-ton tunnel borer Lily beneath Knutsford to build a 1.1-mile stormwater tunnel. Now, the finished system will hold 5.5 million liters of rainwater without closing the high streetKnutsford tunnel boring machine Lily has just completed the first major drive beneath the English town, digging deep underground without te...
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