The fastest growing tree in the world is the Empress Tree, Paulowina tomentosa, native to China and Japan, grows up to 6m in its first year and produces 3-4 times more oxygen during photosynthesis than any other known species of tree. It has many interesting characteristics.

The hedge is not only a repository or refuge or oasis of beneficial wildlife, plants and insects and a source of soil replenishing organic matter, it also acts as a "living dam", storing water underground around its roots. Fields with living hedges are more drought resistant.

Great comments in the thread. It’s gonna be a wild ride into the future.

What have we done?

This study has been out a couple years but still doesn't get the coverage it deserves. Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health studied over 1000 streets on a quest to save lives. Skinny lanes for the win!

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. - Confucius

Please get to know the hierarchy of safety controls.

“A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.” - Helmut Jahn

North America: 92% car trips This kind of capture of movement does not come from a strong American preference for driving. It’s the direct result of zoning, parking mandates, and sprawl.

Nikita Bier Hardly anyone knows that this epic sketch is the origin of the word spam in the context of email & social media 😂 m.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2M…

If you master continuous improvement and get 1% better each day at something for one year, you'll end up 37 times better by the time you're done.

BREAKING🚨: NASA Mapped the Entire Ocean floor using Gravity from Space.😮

Balaji ib Dangerous times

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Engineering is the bridge between imagination and reality, and every great innovation starts with an engineer who dares to dream big. Here's to the engineers who are changing the world and making a difference in people's lives. Let's keep pushing the limits of what's possible!

Yes, Virginia, there is a DOT that gives you straight answers.

The Kardashev Scale is one of the coolest ways to think about how advanced a civilization really is Here is the cool visualization from Terafab.ai The Kardashev Scale: - Type 1: Harness all the energy on a planet - Type 2: Harness all the energy from a star - Type

#298 - Andrés Duany, FAIA, Co-Founder of Congress for the New Urbanism a... youtu.be/WPTbk9vWyM8?si… via YouTube Great interview.

Current U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum delivered a full-throated endorsement of the benefits of walkable neighborhoods in a 2024 speech at the National Governors Association conference.

"We build our American cities around fire trucks… …We should design our cities, then make the fire trucks fit." In America, we have the largest fire trucks in the world— and they’re quietly shaping how our cities look, feel, and function. In this clip with Austin Tunnell ,