Video reveals progress of 170-km-long skyscraper through Saudi desert

[New Atlas logo]( Architecture [Video reveals progress of 170-km-long skyscraper through Saudi desert]( [The Line will take the form of a mirrored rectangular building stretching 170 km (105 miles) long in the Saudi Arabian desert]( A video has been released that reveals the build progress of Saudi Arabia's 170-km-long city sized skyscraper rising in the desert. The scale is incredibly ambitious and The Line is expected to be home to around 9 million people once complete. [Read more]( Special Promotion for New Atlas Readers [This $30 Microsoft tool turns you into a graphic designer: Meet Visio]( It’s a harmonious blend between Word’s text editing, Excel’s data managing, and PowerPoint’s presenting features, allowing you to create completely customized flowcharts and diagrams. You can get Microsoft Visio 2021 Professional for Windows for $30. 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[Read more]( Space [Japan's SLIM lunar lander comes back to life after killer Moon night]( [Artist's concept of SLIM]( Beating incredible odds, Japan's SLIM lunar lander came back to life after surviving the intense dark and cold of the Moon's night. On February 25, JAXA confirmed that it had temporarily reestablished communications with the robotic spacecraft. [Read more]( Physics [Gravitational pull of half a sand grain measured in physics breakthrough]( [Physicists have measured the gravitational pull of a particle with the mass of half a grain of sand]( The weak gravitational pull on a particle just half the mass of a grain of sand has been measured for the first time. This most precise measurement of its kind is a breakthrough towards the quantum realm and a potential Theory of Everything. [Read more]( Health & Wellbeing [90% of US tattoo inks contain ingredients not listed on the label]( [90% of US-manufactured tattoo inks had major labeling discrepancies]( Analyzing tattoo inks from US manufacturers, researchers have found that 90% contained ingredients that weren’t listed on the label. The findings highlight the need for tighter manufacturing regulations around tattoo inks. [Read more]( Robotics [March of the humanoids: Figure shows off autonomous warehouse work]( [The Figure 01 humanoid autonomously moves boxes around a warehouse, in a preview of the work it'll be doing at BMW]( It seems the Figure 01 won't just be making coffee when it shows up to work at BMW. New video shows the humanoid getting its shiny metal butt to work, doing exactly the sort of "pick this up and put it over there" tasks it'll be doing in factories. [Read more]( Technology [Google Genie and the AIs set to revolutionize gaming]( [Future game designers will be like godlike directors, calling visions into existence using interactive AI experience generation]( Google DeepMind's Genie turns images into playable video games in one step – but it's just the latest in a rapidly converging list of technologies that point to a bizarre sci-fi future of interactive entertainment, designed and run by real-time AIs. [Read more]( Space [The Odysseus lunar mission ends following human error on Earth]( [NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter finds Odysseus]( The IM-1 Moon landing mission will come to a premature end on Tuesday morning. Intuitive Machines has announced that Odysseus will no longer be able to charge its batteries by February 27, as sunlight stops falling on its solar panels. RIP Odie. [Read more]( Space [Metal scar found on world-destroying star after its reign of terror]( [An artist's impression of a white dwarf with a metal "scar" (the dark spot near its pole) caused by the destruction of planets and asteroids]( In a few billion years, the Sun will destroy the solar system’s inner planets – and if it’s lucky, it might get a big cool scar to brag about. That’s what happened to a newly found white dwarf, which appears to have a bizarre metal scar on its surface. [Read more]( Outdoors [High-rise teardrop trailer makes standing-height base camp for four]( [Enjoying some of the Pacific Northwest's renowned ski camping with the Bend Tall Boy teardrop camping trailer]( Bend Teardrop's 6 x 12-ft camping trailer has long served as something of a stretched limo for the market. The company builds on that idea even further with the Tall Boy, a four-sleeper high-roof teardrop with more than six feet of standing height. 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[Read more]( Automotive [Adorable Micro bubble car sizes so tiny, no license is required]( [A Geneva Motor Show debut for the series production Microlino Lite electric micro-car]( We've seen a number of electric micro-cars aim for the hearts of city dwellers recently, such as the Mobilize Duo, S04 and the Ami. Arguably the cutest of the bunch is the Microlino EV bubble car, and now a Lite version is ready to roll. [Read more]( You are receiving this email because you signed up for our daily newsletter at [newatlas.com]( (or [gizmag.com]( before August 2016). [Update profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright New Atlas © 2022