Reinventing Concrete, the Ancient Roman Way
By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options.
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Why do people throw coins into the Trevi Fountain in Rome (and what actually happens to your coin)?
Every day, thousands of coins are thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Rome. This gesture has become an iconic ritual for ...
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Ancient Lessons: Protecting Our Planet Today
The modern world's environmental issues echo concerns from ancient Greece and Rome, where writers criticized human impact on ...
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Let the Games Begin
How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses ...
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Jinan and Rome: Cities of springs and fountains
People have fun at the Park of the Aqueducts in Rome, Italy, May 31, 2024. Aqueducts here were used to transfer water to cities in ancient Rome. Jinan of China and Rome of Italy, one is known for ...
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Getting Ahead: EPA Mandates Removal of Lead from Water Lines
Pb is the symbol for lead on the Periodic Table. The word plumbing comes from plumbum, the Latin word for lead. Ancient Rome ...
New Steam strategy game Citadelum is like Cities Skylines 2 set in Ancient Rome
Take the systems of Cities Skylines 2 and cross them with the historical strategy of Age of Empires and Civilization, and ...
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The World’s Largest Plumbing Repair
Photo: Mark Peterson The Delaware Aqueduct, 85 miles end to end, is the longest tunnel in the world. It invisibly brings about half of New York City’s water, just over 500 million gallons per ...
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New conceptual design for aqueduct project in Rochester
Governor Kathy Hochul just committed an additional $4 million in state funding for the project. Titled “Aqueduct Reimagined,” ...