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The Living Lens: A Journey into the 'Tooth-in-Eye' Surgery That Restores Sight

An incredible and rare surgery, Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP), offers a last resort for specific types of blindness. The complex procedure implants a patient's own tooth into their eye to hold a synthetic cornea, preventing rejection and restoring sight.

Medicine Technology & Innovation Inventions & Discoveries

The Great Swedish Church Migration: An Engineering Marvel as Slow TV

To escape an expanding iron ore mine, the Swedish town of Kiruna is moving its iconic 1912 church whole. The 600-tonne wooden structure's slow, multi-day journey is a marvel of engineering and a key part of one of history's most ambitious urban relocations.

Technology & Innovation Culture & Design Geography & Places

Titanpointe: Inside the Windowless New York Skyscraper Allegedly Tapping the World's Communications

In Manhattan, the windowless 33 Thomas Street skyscraper is more than an AT&T telecom hub. Snowden-leaked documents identify it as 'Titanpointe,' a top-secret NSA surveillance site tapping global communications, monitoring calls, faxes, and internet data.

Geography & Places Technology & Innovation Politics & Power

How Modern Airplanes Are Engineered to Survive Lightning Strikes

Modern aircraft are designed as flying Faraday cages, making common lightning strikes harmless. A conductive skin of aluminum or copper mesh allows electricity to flow around the fuselage and safely exit via static wicks, protecting passengers and vital systems.

Technology & Innovation Science & Nature Transportation & Infrastructure

The Antikythera Mechanism: A Clockwork Cosmos from Ancient Greece

Discovered in a 1901 shipwreck, the Antikythera Mechanism is a 2nd-century BCE Greek device often called the first analog computer. Its complex system of bronze gears predicted astronomical events, eclipses, and the schedule of the Olympic Games, rewriting history.

History Inventions & Discoveries Technology & Innovation

The Inerter: How a Secret F1 Invention Revolutionized Suspension by Thinking Like an Electronic Circuit

A surprising link exists between electrical circuits and mechanical motion: the inerter. This device, conceived in the 2000s, resists changes in acceleration like a capacitor resists voltage changes. It was secretly used in Formula 1 to revolutionize suspension, a brilliant crossover of disciplines.

Technology & Innovation Inventions & Discoveries Sports & Games

More Gigs, No Games: Why Your 16GB Smartphone Chokes on the 256MB PlayStation 3

Modern phones boast more RAM than older consoles like the PlayStation 3, but can't run its games. The reason lies in architecture and heat. The PS3 used a unique, hyper-specialized processor for gaming, while phones use efficient, all-purpose chips, making emulation a monumental task.

Technology & Innovation Sports & Games Oddities & Curiosities

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