Everyday China
Why does a railway care about frozen ground?
On the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, warming ground can change the job a railway foundation must do.
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The Jinhua park designed to let floodwater in
Yanweizhou Park combines floodable terraces, planted areas and an elevated bridge, showing a concrete approach to a water-resilient landscape.
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What’s hard about going to the deepest ocean?
A deep-sea submersible needs to bring people down, help them work and bring them back safely.
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Can a satellite see through clouds?
Some Earth-observation instruments collect information that an ordinary camera cannot.
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How does your phone find you from space?
This is not a description of a constellation still waiting for a promised 2020 completion. The Chinese government’s January 2022 space white paper records…
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Can electricity take a long-distance trip?
A powerful transmission line solves one problem, then hands the electricity to a whole system.
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Where does an old car battery go?
The useful materials in an EV battery do not disappear when it leaves a car.
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What happens when the sun is too generous?
Building solar panels is only one part of making solar electricity useful.
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How did seven birds become a comeback?
The recovery of the crested ibis began with a tiny surviving wild population.
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Who uses a park before breakfast?
A park's first visitors can turn paths and open spaces into places for exercise and company.
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Is the fastest train always the fastest trip?
A fast rail journey also depends on fares, stations and the time it takes to reach them.
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Who owns the pavement after a bike ride?
Dockless bicycles make starting a ride easy. Finishing it fairly is the harder design problem.
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