Construction

Historic downtown Jefferson, Texas with preserved 19th century buildings near Big Cypress Bayou in East Texas.

The Texas city that “you have to visit at least once in your life”: why it’s worth recommending to everyone

Sonia Ramírez
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March 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM

No one talks much about this East Texas town, yet it hides old South secrets,…..

Archaeological view inside Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar where a sealed chamber linked to Neanderthals was recently opened.

A 40,000-year-old cave linked to Neanderthals is opened: the discovery that shakes up European prehistory

Indux
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March 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM

For decades, textbooks placed the last Neanderthals in cold river valleys and forested plateaus. Now…..

Rusty reinforcing steel bars on a construction site showing surface rust that engineers must evaluate before concrete placement.

Can rusty rods be used in concrete? The difference between surface rust and dangerous corrosion can change an entire project

Indux
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March 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM

See orange steel on a jobsite and the alarm bells start ringing. Fair enough. But…..

Superadobe structure built with long soil filled sacks similar to potato and onion bags in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Forget bricks: these houses made from potato and onion sacks surprise everyone with their construction system

Sonia Ramírez
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March 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A self-built structure in São Bento do Sul, in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina,…..

Temporary cable car connecting Champsec and Sarreyer in Switzerland after a landslide destroyed the Fregnoley bridge.

A landslide leaves a Swiss village trapped between mountains and forces its inhabitants to find a way out that no one could have imagined

Sonia Ramírez
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March 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM

What do you do when a bridge vanishes in the mountains and daily life still…..

Ancient ceramic vessel resting on the lakebed of Lake Issyk-Kul, discovered during underwater archaeological exploration.

Robots explore a lake in Kyrgyzstan and discover a submerged medieval city with bricks, a necropolis, and intact structures

Sonia Ramírez
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March 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM

A 2025 underwater archaeology campaign in Kyrgyzstan has added fresh evidence that a major medieval…..