Structural engineer Ted Zoli makes bridges from novel materials that are both lightweight and disaster-proof.

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Doctors and nutrition scientists have long warned us about the potential dangers of meat. The over-consumption of animal fats – especially red meat – has been linked to such problems as obesity, heart disease, and cancer; and the harvesting of livestock puts a serious strain on the environment. So beyond limiting one’s meat intake (and following food journalist Michael Pollan’s advice to “eat food, not too much, mostly plants”), what’s a burger-loving person to do?

As it turns out, the future of your Thanksgiving feast might just lie in a test tube.

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The new X-Flex Blast Protection wallpaper, created Berry Plastics and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, promises to help walls keep their shape and guard against flying debris in the face of explosions. Watch as a heavy wrecking ball fails to tear down a brick wall lined with a single sheet of this amazing stuff. [PopSci]

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The team at CERN seems to have finally revived the Large Hadron Collider. Cross your fingers… [PopSci]

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Dubai, a city that seems to look more and more like an amusement park these days, is planning to build what will be the world’s largest arch bridge in 2012. For more facts about this incredible project see this page.

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