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Kashiwazaki Nuclear Power Plant To Restart
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant The nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki is going to start producing electricity again. It is the biggest nuclear power station in the world. Many local people are angry. Many people think that nuclear power is not safe enough and they may have to evacuate if there is a meltdown. Also, there are much cheaper sources of electricity. Solar and wind are cheaper and much safer than nuclear power. The plant will start producing electricit
Chris Walsh
Jan 191 min read


The World's Smallest Sculpture
Smiley Face A man made the smallest sculpture ever. It is 0.01104mm by 0.01233mm. It is on a postage stamp. It is so small that it is just a dot on the eye of the Queen! Can you see it? I can't... It is a world record! He went to Bournemouth university to use their microscopes. The students measured it to confirm the record. The same person held the previous record for the smallest sculpture. He made a Lego brick in early 2025. That was 0.02517mm by 0.02184mm! So small i
Chris Walsh
Jan 161 min read


Tokyo Is Not The Biggest City Anymore
Jakarta, Indonesia takes the crown The UN say that Tokyo is not the biggest city in the world anymore. Jakarta in Indonesia and also Dhaka in Bangladesh are now bigger than Tokyo. Tokyo is a megacity with 33.4m people living there. But Jakarta now has almost 42m people and Dhaka nearly 37m people. Megacities are cities with more than 10m people. Tokyo is shrinking. The projected population will be 30.7m in the year 2050. I lived in New Zealand and there are just 5m p
Chris Walsh
Nov 26, 20251 min read
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