Britain: Britain’s canals were built for industry, but they are now helping endangered wildlife survive | World News

Britain’s canal network was never designed with nature in mind. Built more than two centuries ago to move coal, clay and cotton across an industrialising country, these engineered waterways were about as far from a natural habitat as a landscape could get. Yet today, nearly 8,000 kilometres of canals crisscrossing the country have quietly become…

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Engineers linked two deep wells through 629°F rock beneath Oregon’s Newberry volcano; the experiment could unlock round-the-clock power without burning fuel

A Texas company has pulled off a major geothermal milestone beneath Newberry Volcano in central Oregon. Mazama Energy says it connected two deep wells through rock that reached 629 degrees Fahrenheit, or 331 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest enhanced geothermal system ever built anywhere in the world, as reported by AutoNotion.What makes the story…

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This 44-year-old Swedish man survived being buried beneath a metre of snow for nearly two months against all odds | World News

Image: Left/The Telegraph/Right/The Guardian In December 2011, a 44-year-old Swedish man named Peter Skyllberg disappeared while driving through the country’s frozen north. Weeks passed with no sign of him as winter temperatures plunged well below freezing. Then, in February 2012, a group of snowmobilers spotted what looked like the roof of a car protruding from…

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After Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’, Aditya Dhar in talks to direct grand Lachit Borphukan biopic, reveals Assam CM | Hindi Movie News

After Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’, Aditya Dhar in talks to direct grand Lachit Borphukan biopic, reveals Assam CM Fresh off the phenomenal success of ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’, filmmaker Aditya Dhar could soon be taking on another high-profile project. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has revealed that he has approached the director to helm a biopic…

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In 1879, a French postman picked up a strange stone. Over the next 33 years, he built one of Europe’s most extraordinary palaces by hand | World News

For 33 years, a French rural postman quietly spent his spare time collecting stones from the roadside, turning what began as a chance discovery into one of Europe’s most unusual architectural landmarks. Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, better known as Ferdinand Cheval or Facteur Cheval, started building the Palais Idéal (Ideal Palace) in Hauterives, France, after stumbling…

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India gets its 98th GM! Both parents chess coaches, 10th board exam forced a break: The making of Aswath S | Exclusive | Chess News

NEW DELHI: Do you remember the feeling of sitting your Class 10 board exam? Very few don’t feel butterflies in their stomach beforehand. For India’s 98th Grandmaster (GM) Aswath S, the board exam meant putting the chessboard, his lifelong companion, aside for four months, from the start of the year until April, for the sake…

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