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Spain: Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia Basilica to become world’s tallest church in 2026 Deutsche Welle Germany’s Ulm Cathedral is getting competition from the long-unfinished Sagrada Familia in Barcelona’s for the world’s tallest church. The prized pinnacle on Gaudi’s masterpiece won’t be finished for another 11 years. It will only have taken 144 years to complete. But […]

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe wins China’s Confucius Peace Prize CCTV Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, has won the Confucius Peace Prize. According to Qiao Damo who started and runs the accolade, the award recognizes Mugabe for his “outstanding contributions” to world peace. The African leader beat nine other finalists, including Bill Gates, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, […]

Netanyahu: Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed a Palestinian leader told the Nazis to kill Europe’s Jews. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germans were “very clear in our minds” that the Nazis were responsible. BBC News Germany has insisted it was responsible for the Holocaust, after Israel’s prime […]

Institute of Human Virology Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trials of HIV Vaccine Candidate Institute of Human Virology University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore-based Institute has begun enrolling volunteers for initial phase 1 clinical trials Maryland Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford announced today that the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School […]

Naughty Boy – La La La ft. Sam Smith Shahid Khan, known by his stage name Naughty Boy, is an English DJ, songwriter, record producer and musician. In 2012, Khan signed a three–year publishing deal with Sony ATV, as well as a recording contract to release one album under Virgin EMI Records. Khan launched himself […]

Canadian develops futuristic hovercraft Canadian inventor tests new prototype of record-setting hoverboard CBC News This past May 2015, Montreal inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru broke the world record for the longest hoverboard flight. Duru flew up to five metres above a lake for a distance of 275.9 metres aboard his homemade, propeller-powered hoverboard in a trip […]

Skyscraper observation decks and how high they have reached over the years The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released a study about skyscraper observation decks and how they have evolved over the last 120 years of skyscraper design. Source: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Perhaps no element of a tall […]

Crush Tape – Zero 7 Following the release of Zero 7’s ‘Simple Science’ EP in August 2014, Sam Hardaker and Henry Binns, better known as Zero 7, announce they have a new E.P. coming this Spring. As a nod to their very early, pre-major label days and the very first music they released; ‘E.P.1’ and […]

Aviation Report: Megahub airports to dominate in the future According to a report released by aviation data firm OAG, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is the world’s largest megahub, followed by O’Hare. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is the third largest and the second fastest growing in the world. Charlotte Douglas International Airport is the 4th largest megahub […]

United States: Recipients for Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning Awards U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that 21 organizations around the country will receive a share of $19.5 million in grants to support comprehensive planning projects that improve access to public […]