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RP FLIP: The Research Platform That Sinks Itself on Purpose
How R/P FLIP, the 355-foot floating instrument platform, rotates from ship-like hull to stable spar buoy for ocean science.
The Panama Canal Water Crisis Exposed a Fragile Shortcut
The Panama Canal's 2023-24 drought showed how a global shortcut depends on rainfall, Gatun Lake, and the contested Rio Indio reservoir.
What If Boeing's Passenger Jets Were Forced Offline?
Boeing controls 40% of global commercial aircraft. Here's what happens to the world if regulators pull the plug on its entire fleet.
The Interoceanic Corridor: Mexico's Attempt at a Panama Canal Rival
Inside Mexico's Interoceanic Corridor across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a centuries-old dream revived to rival the Panama Canal with rail, ports, industry
Montreal's Mirabel Airport: A Disaster From Start to Finish
How Montreal's Mirabel Airport went from the world's largest airport to a $500 million failure that lost its passengers and was finally demolished
Montenegro's Road to Nowhere: The Chinese-Built Highway That Nearly Bankrupted a Nation
How a billion-dollar Chinese-financed highway plunged one of Europe's smallest countries into catastrophic debt — and still ended at a village of fewer than 100 people.
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