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Almost every tiny component of a camera will have its own ISO standard.
engineering

Finding the Unexpected Wonder in More Than 22,000 International Standards

From brewing tea to making shipping containers.
Natasha Frost February 22, 2018
Dust storms arise you read the words of Sennacherib on the Aqueduct of Jerwan.
Al-Shikhan, Iraq

Aqueduct of Jerwan

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
The researchers tested around 20 species of fungi before declaring <em>T. reesei</em> the most promising.
science

The Fungus That Could Patch Up Cracking Buildings

What if concrete could heal itself from the inside out?
Jessica Leigh Hester January 22, 2018
Stoosbahn.
Schwyz, Switzerland

Stoosbahn Funicular

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.
Ouch!
architecture

To Make Fracture-Resistant Concrete, Let a Sea Urchin Be Your Guide

Strong and flexible building materials, inspired by ocean life.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 22, 2017
The water tower.
Mito, Japan

Mito Low District Water Tower

This beautiful defunct water tower adds a European flair to a traditional Japanese neighborhood.
A cyclist rides over one of the world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge after its opening in Gemert, The Netherlands in 2017.
Gemert, Netherlands

3D-Printed Bike Bridge

The Netherlands is home to a bridge printed out of reinforced concrete.
Marmore Falls.
Marmore, Italy

Cascata delle Marmore (Marmore Falls)

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.
Iron rails from the Incline Plane lay discarded, slowly sinking into the earth.
Washington, D.C.

C&O Boat Elevator Ruins

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.
Ancient windmills in Nashtifan village.
Nashtifan, Iran

Nashtifan Windmills

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.
engineering

Watch a Wind Turbine Blade Take a Slow, Ungainly Road Trip

Real-life blade running.
Cara Giaimo November 6, 2017
The movable sculptures of the Museum of Kinetic Art
Tucson, Arizona

Mat Bevel's Museum of Kinetic Art & Surrealistic Pop Science Theater

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.
The entrance to the underground city
Nushabad, Iran

Nushabad Underground City

A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.
Brock Commons
Vancouver, British Columbia

Brock Commons Tallwood House

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.
The 'electric dynamo' book conveying apparatus.
Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress Book Conveyor Tunnel

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.
Albert Baldwin Wood is at center during the dedication of his pumps in 1915.
floods

New Orleans Has Been Using the Same Technology to Drain the City Since the 1910s

The Wood screw pumps are mechanical marvels, but the turbines that power them are another story.
Sarah Laskow October 6, 2017
The cisterns of Tawila.
Aden, Yemen

Cisterns of Tawila

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.
The Paternoster in Sheffield's Arts Tower.
Sheffield, England

Paternoster Lift

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.