Listen in as Popular Science editors explain how today's engineers are making the impossible real
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The Tallest Skyscraper The centerpiece of Kuwait’s entirely new City of Silk will be the Burj Mubarak skyscraper. Nick Kaloterakis

In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with Popular Science writer Rena Pacella, author of Extreme Engineering and Executive Editor Mike Haney to get the inside scoop on all six of the Extreme Engineering projects featured in the March issue. From the tallest skyscraper to the deepest oil well, today's most ambitious projects are bigger and wilder than ever. Prepare to be amazed.

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