A man who was killed after his legs were mangled by a cement mixing machine that suddenly turned on while he was cleaning it was disliked by his coworkers because of his work ethic, a court has heard.

Sometimes, there's great delight to be found in the tedious. Arthur Ganson's remarkable kinetic sculpture Machine with Concrete demonstrates that with playful aplomb. Like all kinetic sculptures, ...

Justin Grow is quick to haul out the old chestnut that Rome wasn't built in a day -- and neither was the concrete wall in front of his home. The wall wasn't even built in a summer -- as he initially ...

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Choked by severe air pollution, Bangladesh is desperate to survive by addressing a key issue in various ways: phasing out red bricks, which are made mostly using topsoil and by burning coal and wood ...