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Megastructure

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"Europe's Oldest Megastructure: Stone Age Wall Discovered in Baltic Sea"

Originally Published 1 year ago — by The Guardian

A stone age wall, named the Blinkerwall, discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea near Germany's coast, may be Europe's oldest known megastructure, potentially built more than 10,000 years ago by hunter-gatherers to create a driving lane for hunting herds of reindeer. The 971-meter-long wall, covered by 21 meters of water, consists of nearly 1,400 smaller stones connecting larger boulders, suggesting intentional construction. Researchers believe it was submerged with rising sea levels about 8,500 years ago and are eager to revisit the site to search for animal bones and human artefacts.

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"Jupiter as a Resource for Building a Dyson Sphere Around the Sun"

Originally Published 2 years ago — by Slashdot

Source: Slashdot

To construct a Dyson sphere around the Sun, we would need an astronomical amount of resources, including demolishing a Jupiter-sized planet for raw materials, according to science journalist Jaime Green. However, astrophysicist Jason Wright believes that constructing a Dyson sphere could be compared to building Manhattan, with each generation adding a little bit more to the megastructure. Wright argues that if the energy is available and will just dissipate into space, it makes sense to harness it.

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