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24 articles in this category.

Britain resurfaced a motorway stretch with rubber from 750 scrapped tyres per kilometre

Sep 19, 2026

Earth & Environment

Melbourne's rail operator built track from recycled plastic waste at Richmond station

Sep 18, 2026

Seoul's diagonal crosswalks cut traffic accidents by 18.4 percent

Sep 15, 2026

Pennsylvania's similar bridges face same decay that doomed Pittsburgh span

Sep 15, 2026

Retired A380 superjumbos worth more in pieces than melted down

Sep 14, 2026

London's secret driverless mail trains ran beneath the city a century before self-driving cars

By Daniel Moran · Sep 10, 2026

Russia and North Korea open first road bridge, named after a 1946 assassination attempt

Sep 10, 2026

Norway is preparing to cut a tunnel through a mountain so ships can avoid one of its most dangerous coastal waters

By Daniel Moran · Aug 19, 2026

There's a reason every aeroplane window has a tiny hole in it, and it's not the reason most people assume

Jul 24, 2026

A single long-haul flight can expose you to more cosmic radiation than you'd absorb in weeks on the ground, and the higher and farther…

Jul 21, 2026

Aviation’s hybrid moment has finally arrived

Jun 18, 2026

Looking to the skies to navigate icy waters

Mar 14, 2025

EU enlists researchers’ support to tackle smuggling and security threats at sea

Jan 7, 2025

Science in Society

Breathing space – smart parking policies improve city dwellers’ lives

Oct 18, 2024