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- World’s Largest Indoor Farm Is 100 Times More Productive http://weburbanist.com/2015/01/11/worlds-largest-indoor-farm-is-100-times-more-productive/ 6 comments
- Chinese City to Replace Street Lights with Orbiting Artificial Moon by 2020 https://weburbanist.com/2018/10/25/chinese-city-to-replace-street-lights-with-orbiting-artificial-moon-by-2020/ 19 comments worldnews
- Underwater Castle: 3,000-Year-Old Ruin Discovered in Turkey’s Largest Lake https://weburbanist.com/2017/12/07/underwater-castle-3000-year-old-ruin-discovered-in-turkeys-largest-lake/ 40 comments worldnews
- China’s Smog-Devouring Vacuum Tower Looks Crazy, But Actually Works - following 40 days in use, the tower has scrubbed "30 million cubic meters of air - equal to the volume of 10 Beijing National Stadiums ... the air around the tower is 55 percent cleaner than before." http://weburbanist.com/2016/11/23/chinas-smog-devouring-vacuum-tower-looks-crazy-but-actually-works/ 31 comments worldnews
- A German organization helping distribute leftover food via free street fridges and other systems has facilitated the sharing of over 10,000,000 pounds to date http://weburbanist.com/2016/08/21/street-eats-free-urban-refrigerators-for-sharing-spare-food/ 71 comments worldnews
- Floating in Space: Milky Way Reflections on Mirror-Like Salt Flats http://weburbanist.com/2016/08/08/floating-in-space-milky-way-reflections-on-mirror-like-salt-flats/ 6 comments space
- Bike Autobahn: Germany’s 60-Mile Highway for Cyclists Only http://weburbanist.com/2016/01/06/bike-autobahn-germanys-60-mile-highway-for-cyclists-only/ 3 comments worldnews
- World's longest glass bridge cracked by crossing tourists just days after opening in China, suspended 1,080 meters over a canyon below http://weburbanist.com/2015/10/06/chinese-skywalk-worlds-longest-glass-bridge-spans-two-cliffs/ 10 comments worldnews
- World's largest farm is 100 times more productive then traditional farming http://weburbanist.com/2015/01/11/worlds-largest-indoor-farm-is-100-times-more-productive/ 52 comments science
- Machine Cemetery: Diggers Bury Selves in Unmarked Graves http://weburbanist.com/2014/06/10/machine-cemetery-diggers-bury-selves-in-unmarked-graves/ 4 comments nottheonion
- The Capital: Egypt Plans to Build the Largest From-Scratch City in History to House 5 Million People http://weburbanist.com/2015/03/19/the-capital-egypt-plans-largest-from-scratch-city-in-history/ 4 comments worldnews
- Artist Banksy has released footage filmed on his trip to the Gaza Strip - using underground tunnels, he accessed the region illegally to complete a series of murals http://weburbanist.com/2015/02/28/gaza-strip-graffiti-artist-banksy-tunnels-back-into-palestine/ 98 comments worldnews
- Using nanoparticles to simulate the way the sky diffuses sunlight, an Italian company has developed a new type of artificial lighting that is indistinguishable from natural daylight to the human eye, cameras or computers http://weburbanist.com/2015/02/17/new-artificial-lighting-tricks-human-brain-into-seeing-sunlight/ 156 comments worldnews
- Europe's longest bike 'superhighway' will create segregated lanes for cyclists spanning 18 miles across London and passing through the center of the city (xpost r/futurology) http://weburbanist.com/2015/02/03/london-approves-europes-first-city-spanning-bike-superhighway// 6 comments bicycling
- London Approves Europe's First City-Spanning Bike Superhighway http://weburbanist.com/2015/02/03/london-approves-europes-first-city-spanning-bike-superhighway/ 25 comments bicycling
- Flooded three decades ago, an underwater ghost town in Argentina is resurfacing due to a receding waterline http://weburbanist.com/2015/01/22/lost-found-underwater-ghost-town-resurfaces-25-years-later/ 5 comments worldnews
- 3D-Printed Spider Dress Attacks When Anyone Comes Too Close http://weburbanist.com/2014/12/24/3d-printed-spider-dress-attacks-when-anyone-comes-too-close/ 5 comments nottheonion
- Mostly abandoned after the Olympics, shoddily-built Sochi is already on the road to ruin just six months after the Winter Games http://weburbanist.com/2014/09/09/post-olympic-abandonment-sochi-already-on-the-road-to-ruin/ 4 comments worldnews
- Granted unprecedented permission from the North Korean government, a filmmaker has captured and released a 22 minutes of GoPro video documenting the city of Pyongyang http://weburbanist.com/2014/06/26/exclucity-unique-gopro-footage-of-pyongyang-north-korea/ 22 comments worldnews
- A Contiguous 12-Country Coalition is Building the 'Great Green Wall of Africa' to span 5,000 Miles Across the Continent and Slow Desertification http://weburbanist.com/2014/01/25/12-county-coalition-building-the-great-green-wall-of-africa/ 70 comments worldnews
- No Exit: Dutch Dementia Village Dwellers Live in Alternate Reality http://weburbanist.com/2014/02/18/no-exit-dementia-village-dwellers-live-in-alternate-reality/ 6 comments worldnews
- (Un)dead languages: 10 mysterious undeciphered books, manuscripts, tablets, stones and more http://weburbanist.com/2010/05/24/undead-languages-10-mysterious-undeciphered-scripts/ 3 comments history
- Tensile Table: Floating Wood Furniture Levitates via Magnets (and looks like a giant Rubik's Cube) http://weburbanist.com/2013/09/26/tensile-table-floating-wood-furniture-levitates-via-magnets/ 5 comments technology
- Curved 300-million-dollar London skyscraper is not just melting cars with sunlight - it has also spontaneously ignited carpets in local businesses. http://weburbanist.com/2013/09/05/curved-skyscraper-melts-cars-starts-fires-with-heat-of-sun/ 516 comments worldnews
- How the finest theater in Detroit became the world's most beautiful parking lot. http://weburbanist.com/2011/01/01/detroits-michigan-theater-the-worlds-most-beautiful-parking-lot/ 3 comments history
- “May 4, 1823. No food for 71 days. I am the only one left alive.” The captain who wrote this message was still sitting with a pen in his hand when found 17 years later. http://weburbanist.com/2010/06/14/real-ghost-ships-10-mysterious-abandoned-sea-vessels/ 31 comments history
- A robot called e-David watches itself paint and constantly adjusts its style and technique, planning each stroke in succession to create works of art that seem to come alive. http://weburbanist.com/2013/07/12/painting-robot-plans-each-stroke-in-its-own-masterpieces/ 4 comments technology
- Dark City: Giant Mirrors Aim to Illuminate Town in Shadows http://weburbanist.com/2013/08/04/dark-city-giant-mirrors-aim-to-illuminate-town-in-shadows/ 8 comments technology
- Abandoned Walmart is Now America’s Largest Library http://weburbanist.com/2012/09/04/abandoned-walmart-is-now-americas-largest-library/ 273 comments books
- 20 Unusually Brilliant Bookcase and Bookshelf Designs http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/28/20-brilliant-bookcase-and-bookshelf-designs-creative-modular-and-unique-urban-furniture/ 3 comments books
- TIL that there are some awesome underwater sculptures all over the world. Most placed there on purpose http://weburbanist.com/2009/09/09/79-unique-and-awesome-underwater-sculptures/ 3 comments history
- Monstrous Beasts: 14 Bizarre Dinosaurs and Extinct Species http://weburbanist.com/2010/01/26/monstrous-beasts-14-bizarre-dinosaurs-and-extinct-species/ 13 comments science
- 7 Abandoned Wonders of the Former Soviet Union [w/Pics] http://weburbanist.com/2008/01/27/7-abandoned-wonders-of-the-former-soviet-union-from-submarine-stations-to-unfinished-structures/ 3 comments history
- "To be competitive in business, you’ve got to stand out – and there’s no better representation of your visual identity than your business card. While most are tucked into a wallet or desk drawer and quickly forgotten, others ..." http://weburbanist.com/2009/03/22/15-of-the-worlds-most-brilliant-business-card-designs/ 13 comments business
- Shopdropping aka Droplifting: Beginner’s Guide to the Subversive Art of Reverse Shoplifting http://weburbanist.com/2007/12/26/shopdropping-the-subversive-art-of-reverse-shoplifting/ 2 comments reddit.com
- 7 Abandoned Wonders of America [ Pics ] http://weburbanist.com/2007/12/18/7-more-abandoned-wonders-of-the-world-amazing-american-abandonments/ 73 comments reddit.com
- Beyond The Troubles: Murals of Belfast, Northern Ireland http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/08/03/beyond-the-troubles-murals-of-belfast-northern-ireland/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Subvertising: 5 Ways to Take Control and Subvert Your Surroundings http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/07/26/subvertising-5-ways-to-take-control-and-subvert-your-surroundings/ 4 comments reddit.com
- 5 Surreal Google Street View Images: Interesting Errors, Glitches and Mistakes http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/06/23/5-surreal-google-street-view-images-interesting-errors-glitches-and-mistakes/ 7 comments reddit.com
- Urban street art installation projects - spray paint isn't always the answer http://www.weburbanist.com/2007/06/11/urban-street-art-installation-projects-satirical-sophisticated-silly-sublime/ 2 comments reddit.com