Archive for November 7th, 2024

The Columnar Illusions of Li Jiayue

Artist Li Jiayue of China's Sichuan province paints optical illusions, like the sidewalk chalk artists who create 3D worlds on pavement, but on columns, poles, and trees (and sometimes buildings). His artworks are painte...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/07/The-Columnar-Illusions-of-Li-Jiayue/

Project Sundial: the Apocalypse Bomb

The more we learn about top secret Cold War weapons, the more insane they seem. The race to build bigger nuclear weapons than the Soviet Union was furious, until we had the capability of destroying the entire world many...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/07/Project-Sundial-the-Apocalypse-Bomb/

What the Berlin Wall Looks Like Today

In 1945, defeated Germany was divided between the Allied countries of the Unites States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. Berlin was also divided, although it was deep within the Soviet sector. By 1949, the countri...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/07/What-the-Berlin-Wall-Looks-Like-Today/

The World's First Wooden Satellite Arrives in Space

We mentioned a few years ago that Japan planned to build and deploy wooden satellites. The first of these, dubbed LingoSat, arrived on Tuesday at the International Space Station on a SpaceX vehicle. Space.com describes i...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/07/The-Worlds-First-Wooden-Satellite-Arrives-in-Space/

This Hotel Is the Largest Building in the World Shaped Like a Chicken

The Campuestohan Highland Resort is a lovely venue on the Philippine island of Negros. Standing at the summit of the hill that is at the center of the resort is a building shaped like a massive chicken. This modern Colos...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/07/This-Hotel-Is-the-Largest-Building-in-the-World-Shaped-Like-a-Chicken/
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