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World’s largest spherical building says hello with dazzling LED display

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The Sphere officially opens this September and will host concerts, as well as sporting events like boxing

Looking a bit like a huge high-tech snow globe, the Sphere stands out even among Las Vegas’ numerous architectural oddities. The incredible building, which is the world’s largest spherical structure, also features the world’s largest LED display on its exterior, which was officially illuminated for the first time with a Hello World message last night.

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“World’s largest” 3D-printed building nears completion in Florida

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3D printing work has completed on Printed Farms' horse barn and now human builders are finishing it off

With projects like the 100-house development in Austin, Texas, and NASA’s Mars habitat, 3D-printed architecture is really taking off in the United States. Another major milestone comes from Printed Farms, which is nearing completion on what it calls the world’s largest 3D-printed building, a “luxury horse barn” in Florida measuring roughly 10,100 sq ft (almost 940 sq m).

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World’s largest timber development will contain 2,000 wooden homes

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Stockholm Wood City is due to begin construction in 2025 and the first buildings are expected to be completed sometime in 2027

Modern timber construction continues to go from strength to strength, with the latest major development recently revealed for Sweden. Described by its creators as the world’s largest wooden construction project, it will include an impressive 2,000 homes, as well as office and retail space – all built primarily from timber.

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World’s largest and most efficient aircraft engine aces first tests

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Rolls-Royce workers assembling the giant UltraFan technology demonstrator

Rolls-Royce has completed the first ground tests on its massive UltraFan engine, claiming it’s at least 10% more efficient than any other large aero engine in service today. This carbon/titanium beauty will roll out on airliners in the 2030s.

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World’s largest spokeless Ferris wheel to become striking gateway to Seoul

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The Seoul Ring is expected to be completed by the end of 2027

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has revealed plans to build the world’s largest spokeless Ferris wheel. The huge metallic ring will reach an impressive maximum height of 180 m (590 ft) and provide visitors with superb views of the beautiful South Korean landscape.

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China delivers world’s largest container ship

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Capable of carrying more than 24,000 standard 20-foot shipping containers, stacked up to 26 high

At 399.99 m (1,312.3 ft) long and 61.5 m (202 ft) wide, the MSC Tessa can handle more than 240,000 tons of cargo. It’s the first ship to break that mark, as well as the first that’s able to carry more than 24,000 containers.

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Fossils reveal largest-ever penguin was probably bigger than you

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An artist's reconstruction of the two new penguin species: Kumimanu fordycei and Petradyptes stonehousei

Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of what may be the largest penguins that ever lived. The bones, found on a beach in New Zealand, belonged to a giant bird that was more than three times the size of the biggest living penguins today.

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Wind turbine as tall as a 70-story building announced in China

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Wind turbines just keep getting bigger – the new king of the playground will rise out of the ocean higher than a 70-story building

Extreme engineering is becoming the norm as offshore wind continues to scale up. Sweeping the area of 12.3 standard NFL fields each rotation, with gargantuan 140-meter (459-ft) blades, the MySE 18.X-28X will be the largest wind turbine ever built.

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World’s new largest wind turbine sweeps 10 football fields per spin

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A rendering of the CSSC Haizhuang H260-18MW, the world's largest wind turbine, which is currently under construction in China

The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is upping the ante on offshore wind, announcing it’s building the largest and most powerful wind turbine ever, making a peak 18 megawatts with an enormous 260-meter (853-ft) diameter on its three-bladed rotor.

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World’s largest plant: 112-mile-long seagrass found off Australian coast

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A section of the seagrass meadow that's now been found to be the largest plant in the world

Researchers have discovered what seems to be the largest plant in the world – a meadow of seagrass off the coast of Western Australia that covers a total of 200 km2 (77 miles2). The entire expanse has grown from just one seedling, spreading by cloning itself.

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