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An autonomous, robotic hydraulic excavator could build a dry stone wall to act as a blast shield around a launch pad on the moon, propose a team of Swiss researchers. The excavator would make use of ...

My grandfather was a baker in Cincinnati in the very early 1900s. He and my grandmother owned and operated a neighborhood bakery in the Clifton Heights neighborhood just 400 feet from where I was born ...

Patrick Armstrong is an artist based in the United States, currently working as a list article writer for Game Rant. When not writing or making art, Patrick can be found playing video games, ...

A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to mankind, used over millennia to construct ...

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When my grandfather retired from his career as a baker in Cincinnati, he decided to build an apartment building just down the street from his former workplace. He named it Valley View for its ...

STTE KEVIN GARDNER EXPLAINS HOW EACHTO SNE CONNECTS US TO THE PAST. ♪ THE GREAT AMERICAN POET ROBERT FROST WROTE, "GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS." IF TRUE, FOLKS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOULD GET ALONG ...

Establish a defensible base early to survive in The Forest. Choose base type, materials, and location wisely for success. Utilize traps, zip wires, and creativity to enhance base safety. One of the ...

If you have ever walked in the woods anywhere in New England, you have likely stumbled into an old stone wall and wondered at their purpose and how they were built. This wonder can be satiated at one ...

In a move that aims to further the circular economy of the construction industry, researchers at ETH Zurich have let an autonomous excavator loose on a big pile of boulders and reclaimed concrete. The ...

This handsome stone gateway is at a municipal golf course in Cincinnati. My grandfather, who was a baker, built decorative garden walls and arches like this. So can you! (Tim Carter/TNS) Perspective ...