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Meet George Ferris, the civil engineer behind one of the world’s most popular fairground rides

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By Charlotte Barkla
| Create Digital
In 1890, as plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago were taking shape, organisers put a call out to engineers to design a superstructure. George Ferris had just the thing. Director of Works for the Chicago exposition, Daniel H. Burnham wanted something that rivalled Paris’ Eiffel Tower, which had been erected in 1889 for the Exposition Universelle. Burnham challenged designers to come up with “something novel, original, daring and unique”.
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A Menagerie of Masonry Mix-ins

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By Charlotte Barkla
| Beanz Magazine Verified
If you think coffee-flavored concrete is unusual, check out these strange construction materials. Most people know The Great Wall of China as a famous landmark. What you may not know is its secret ingredient … sticky rice. Scientists at Zhejiang University in China made this discovery in 2010 while analyzing the mortar from the 600-year-old city wall in Nanjing.
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Algae Burger, with Extra Slime

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By Charlotte Barkla, Algae Burger
| Beanz Magazine Verified
Move over Krabby Paddy, algae burger is coming through! What comes to mind when you think of algae? Seaweed in the ocean? The sludge on the bottom of a fish tank, perhaps? What about… burgers? While beef or lamb are among the most common burgers in the supermarket at the moment, Professor Benu Adhikari says that might not always be the case. “Five years ago, the focus was on plant proteins,” says Benu, a researcher in food engineering and processing from RMIT University, Melbourne.
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