A massive power outage struck Spain and Portugal today, April 28, 2025, affecting millions across the Iberian Peninsula, including major cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, and Seville. The blackout began around 12:30 p.m. local time, plunging much of the region into darkness and disrupting critical infrastructure, such as transport, both train and aircraft.
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The Zammit family from Sydney, Australia turned down a $50-million AUD ($33.8-million USD) offer from a developer to sell their home, and this time-lapse video shows what happened around their home in the ensuing years. As you might have expected, the construction crews simply built an entire neighborhood around their property, which now stands out amongst the monotonous structures.
Saudi Arabia’s NEOM has been quite busy this year, and their latest project, Jaumur, is definitely not lacking in imagination. It’s claimed to be the largest cosmopolitan luxury community set on the coast of Gulf of Aqaba, and will feature Blade Runner-inspired buildings, or so we’d like to think.
There’s the Egyptian pyramids, and then these unusual pyramid mountains in Anlong County, Southwest China. Images of this site recently went viral online, with some claiming they are man made, but Professor Zhou Qiuwen of Guizhou Normal University believes they are natural formations.
Aquarabia, set to be located in Qiddiya City’s theme park, will have Saudi Arabia’s first inland surf pool. Endless Surf technology will enable the pool to deliver the most authentic surf experience outside of the ocean.
A convenience store security camera captured footage of a runaway sawblade from a nearby construction site nearly striking a man on March 28. Shane Reimche can be seen entering the QuikTrip and just a few seconds later, the blade slams into the exterior wall of the store, inches away from the door.
If reviving a 48,500-year-old zombie virus wasn’t bad enough, scientists managed to resurrect a roundworm (P. kolymaensis) frozen in Siberian permafrost for the past 46,000-years. It survived being buried 131.2-feet beneath the surface in a dormant state known as cryptobiosis, which enabled the roundworm to withstand high temperatures, as well as freezing or extremely salty conditions.
