Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer completed(bbc.com)

19 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 28 comments

The record-breaking tunnel being built from Denmark to Germany(bbc.com)

6 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 0 comments

UK's biggest dinosaur footprint site unearthed(bbc.com)

69 points by peutetre 1 year ago | 12 comments

Dig near Paris unearths beginnings of urbanization dating back to 4,200 BC(lemonde.fr)

91 points by geox 3 years ago | 27 comments

Beginnings of Roman London discovered in office basement(bbc.com)

125 points by petethomas 1 year ago | 28 comments

The Ridgeway: The 5k-year-old pathway that's Britain's oldest road(bbc.com)

128 points by andsoitis 2 years ago | 29 comments

One in ten people are older than 65. Three in four live under a leader who is(hannahritchie.substack.com)

50 points by gumby 11 days ago | 22 comments

Hannah Ritchie's Substack post analyzing the ages of world leaders and how long they've held power compared to the populations they govern.

Cyberattack halts construction of tunnel between Denmark and Germany(ua.news)

129 points by paaloeye 13 days ago | 107 comments

UA.News article citing RMF24 reporting that a cyberattack halted construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Denmark and Germany.

France pulls last gold held in US(mining.com)

561 points by teleforce 6 months ago | 304 comments

Mining.com news article reporting that France has withdrawn the last of its gold reserves held in the US, realizing a $15B gain.

Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house(sbs.com.au)

333 points by cfcfcf 1 year ago | 125 comments

SBS News article about Melbourne man Daniel Xu, a lifelong train fan, who found an extensive hobby model train network beneath the house he bought.

The best YouTube downloaders, and how Google silenced the press(windowsread.me)

495 points by Leftium 1 year ago | 216 comments

A Windows ReadMe newsletter post by Chris Hoffman recommending YouTube downloader tools and explaining how Google pressure keeps tech outlets from covering them.

Archaeologists find 3000-year-old sword, exceptionally well preserved(newsingermany.com)

336 points by janpot 3 years ago | 164 comments

News article reporting that archaeologists in Germany found an exceptionally well-preserved 3,000-year-old sword.