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Paleontologists have discovered the largest raptor dinosaur ever found. The new species, known as Maip macrothorax, was a super predator of the megaraptor family that stalked the forests of Argentina some 70 million years ago.
Category: Science
Tags: Dinosaurs, Fossils, World’s Largest, Patagonia, Bones
Continue reading Megaraptor: Largest known raptor dinosaur uncovered in South America
Biologists have discovered the largest bacterium ever found, with a single cell measuring a mammoth 2 cm (0.8 in) long. Visible to the naked eye, this new species has some bizarre characteristics that make it like a missing link in the evolution of complex cells like those in humans.
Tags: Bacteria, DNA, Cells, Micro-organisms, World’s Largest
Continue reading Largest bacterium ever discovered is longer than a housefly
German scientists have announced the discovery of what is claimed to be the world’s largest fish breeding area known to date. Described as a globally unique ecosystem, it consists of tens of millions of icefish nests on the Antarctic sea floor.
Tags: Alfred Wegener Institute, Fish, Ecology, World’s Largest, Antarctic, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading “Largest-ever” fish breeding colony may contain up to 60 million nests
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has released what it claims is the highest-resolution photo of an artwork ever created. A total of 8,439 individual 100-megapixel exposures were stitched together to create this 717-billion-pixel image of a celebrated Rembrandt painting.
Category: Photography, Technology
Tags: Art, Hasselblad, World’s Largest, High-resolution
Continue reading 717-gigapixel photo shows Rembrandt masterpiece in unprecedented detail
Well, here it is: a shoe-in for the new world’s largest NERF gun. (Video, embedded below.) The Guinness people haven’t shown up yet to award [Michael Pick], but at 12.5 …read more Continue reading Giant Working NERF Gun Runs on Tiny Arduino
A colossal US$22-billion infrastructure project will send Australian sunshine more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) to Singapore, via high-voltage undersea cables. Opening in 2027, it’ll be the largest solar farm and battery storage facility in history.
Tags: Australia, Singapore, Solar Power, Clean Energy, Grid-Level Energy Storage, World’s Largest, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading World’s biggest clean energy project to power Singapore from Australia
Germany’s Svevind has announced plans for a colossal green hydrogen project that will place some 45 gigawatts of wind and solar energy generation on the vast steppes of Kazakhstan to produce around three million tonnes of green hydrogen annually.
Tags: Hydrogen, Green+Energy, Renewable Energy, Electrolysis, Solar-to-Hydrogen, Wind Power, World’s Largest, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading World’s biggest green hydrogen project announced for Kazakhstan
Blue Abyss Ltd. is building the world’s largest and deepest indoor pool in Cornwall. Set to hold 1.5 million ft3 (42,000 m3) of water or, to use the standard British unit, 168 million cups of tea. It will be used for testing advanced undersea robotics, as well as acting as the world’s first commercial astronaut training facility.
Category: Science
Tags: Diving, Underwater, Engineering, World’s Largest, Pool, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Blue Abyss will be the world’s biggest and deepest indoor pool
Australia has clearly been motivated by the huge success of the giant 150-megawatt Tesla battery built in South Australia in 2017. In November, neighboring state Victoria announced a 300-megawatt plant to go live at the end of this year, and now, a new project in New South Wales will dwarf both these projects combined.
Tags: Grid-Level Energy Storage, World’s Largest, Batteries, Australia, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Australia plans world’s biggest battery (again), at 1.2 gigawatts
Had enough of fidget spinners yet? If you haven’t heard, a toy that consists of a bearing in the center of a multi-lobed flat structure that’s designed to spin around the bearing’s axis with little force has taken the world by storm. Usually, these devices are about 10cm in diameter or less. But, everything is bigger in Texas. So, naturally, students from the University of Texas at Dallas got to work making the largest fidget spinner in the world.
Clocking in at 150 pounds and 45 inches in diameter, this thing is undeniably huge. The structure is made out of …read more
