At the gate of an ancient mountain city, archaeologists found a blunt political message. Professor Mustafa Koçak, the l…
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Science & Technology
Hundreds of Stone Game Boards in Ancient Ptolemais Reveal a Post‑Hellenistic Pastime
At the site of ancient Ptolemais, archaeologists are uncovering traces of everyday life rather than grand monuments of power. Instead of monumental temples or elaborate inscriptions, they are finding hundreds…
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An ambitious project is set to take shape east of Sharjah International Airport, right next to the headquarters of the environmental company Beeah. The Beeah headquarters was designed by Zaha…
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While Elon Musk dreams of building a city on Mars for Earth’s settlers, the Japanese architectural firm N-Ark is looking at the ocean right here on Earth. This startup is…
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A pedestrian’s dream “There will be neither books nor newspapers, nor theater nor cinema—there will only be television.” Remember the way the protagonist of a well-known Soviet film voiced that…
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Science & Technology
Woven City: Toyota’s smart city of clean energy, AI, and robots near Mount Fuji
Woven City has been under construction since 2021 in Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, on the site of former factory buildings. Toyota announced this summer that construction is nearing completion.…
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A new security guard has appeared at one of New York’s busiest subway stations — a 180 kg robot cop. The new robotic police officer was unveiled by Mayor Eric…
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Journalists from the British publication Daily Mail asked the image generator Midjourney to predict what ten major U.S. cities will look like in 2050. Then they sought comments from experts in…
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What’s surprising is that the city, found on the banks of the Nile, was hidden in a heavily visited tourist and archaeological area. Egyptian archaeologists made the rare discovery not…
