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Royal Caribbean International has revealed illustrations of the highly anticipated Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, according to a press release by the firm published on Thursday.

The record-breaking ship is set to arrive in late 2023 ahead of its January 2024 debut.

Raising the bar in the travel industry

Among its many features, the cruise ship will boast a beach retreat, a resort escape and a theme park adventure, giving guests access to all kinds of fun and entertainment for all ages.

Pure water is an almost perfect insulator.

Yes, water found in nature conducts electricity – but that’s because of the impurities therein, which dissolve into free ions that allow an electric current to flow. Pure water only becomes “metallic” – electronically conductive – at extremely high pressures, beyond our current abilities to produce in a lab.

But, as researchers demonstrated for the first time back in 2021, it’s not only high pressures that can induce this metallicity in pure water.

TOKYO—Japan imports nearly all of its natural gas and, despite the worst energy crisis in many years, it isn’t facing shortages or out-of-control prices.

Its secret is a reliance on long-term contracts for liquefied natural gas, a strategy that had been in decline until recently but now is rebounding in popularity. The world’s largest buyer of LNG is enjoying a moment of validation—at least for now.