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Denver International Airport is turning its mysterious underground baggage tunnels into pedestrian walkways, finally giving travelers a chance to see the spaces that sparked decades of wild conspiracy theories. The $300-700 million project starts in 2027 and offers a walking alternative to the train system.
A team of 14 Dutch university students is traveling 4,000 miles to compete in Minnesota's solar car challenge with a hand-built vehicle that just won a world championship. Their solar-powered car can hit 80 mph and features a design so unique it had to be tested in one of Europe's largest wind tunnels.
Engineers in India just completed a record-breaking year of tunnel construction through one of the country's toughest mountain ranges, bringing modern rail access to remote tribal communities. Teams working from opposite ends of mountain passages met in the middle with perfect precision.
Fifty-five marathoners just completed the world's deepest marathon more than 3,600 feet underground in a Swedish zinc mine. They ran 26.2 miles through dark tunnels in 75-degree heat while raising over $1 million for youth education and animal welfare.
After two decades of volunteers helping tiny frogs cross deadly roads on rainy nights, New Hampshire is building its first amphibian tunnels. The project could cut roadkill by 94%.
La Chinesca, Mexico's oldest and largest Chinatown, is drawing a new generation of visitors who come to explore underground tunnels, taste fusion cuisine, and celebrate a community born from exclusion that became a cultural treasure. Over 20,000 descendants of Chinese immigrants who fled U.S. discrimination still call Mexicali home.
A former coal mining village in British Columbia is turning its abandoned underground tunnels into a geothermal heating and cooling system. The project could provide affordable, zero-emission energy while transforming the town's industrial past into a sustainable future.
A hidden network of royal escape routes beneath Naples disappeared after World War II and sat forgotten until 2005. Now the Galleria Borbonica welcomes tourists into its time capsule tunnels.
Engineers built tiny tunnels under a Manitoba highway to save migrating snakes, dropping annual deaths from 10,000 to under 1,000. The population has now rebounded to over 75,000 snakes at the world's largest gathering of its kind.
As Iran faces six years of severe drought, engineers are looking to a 3,000-year-old solution that once sustained civilizations across the desert. The qanat system of underground tunnels could help cities facing water bankruptcy find relief.
Engineers at Cornell University just solved a massive challenge: 3D printing concrete structures directly on the ocean floor. Their breakthrough could revolutionize how we build tunnels, pipelines, and dams beneath the waves.
A team of autonomous robots just proved they can explore dangerous underground lava tunnels that could shelter future astronauts on the Moon. The successful test in Spain's volcanic caves brings us one step closer to safe lunar bases.
Deep beneath Sicily, a working salt mine doubles as an underground wonderland with naturally rainbow-striped walls and a cathedral carved from pure salt. The centuries-old mine produces half a million tons of salt annually while showcasing nature's artistry.