Crib retaining walls are a form of gravity wall. They are constructed of interlocking individual boxes made from timber or pre-cast concrete. Then, the boxes are filled with crushed stone or other ...

College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, People’s Republic of China Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November ...

To satisfy the thirst of newly hatched chicks, male sandgrouse bring water back to the nest by carrying it in their feathers. It sounds incredible, and for decades, scientists thought it was just a ...

1. Use the Feather item to launch yourself up in the air: The thing about wall-driving is that you need to gain altitude and ...

Dhol beats echoed through Lower Manhattan as 400 guests danced down Wall Street for a grand Indian wedding. Watch how this couple shut down NYC's financial hub. #WallStreetWedding #IndianWedding #NYC ...

Daniel Wall, now based in North Carolina's Triangle region, was born in China in 1965. One of eight siblings, he grew up with few resources -- and no idea what his future would hold. "Back in ...

Luke Drayton said he and his neighbours face a "tricky situation" Residents in a Nottingham suburb say they are facing a bill of hundreds of thousands of pounds to repair a retaining wall.

Those who are named in police reports have not been convicted of any crime or violation. The charges against them may later be reduced or withdrawn, or they may be found innocent.

The boss of an $800 million private equity firm suddenly announced he has Alzheimer's disease in the middle of a divorce hearing. Health Point Capital managing partner John Foster, 83, has been ...

A 10-year-old girl died after a compound wall collapsed on her house in Karnataka's Mangaluru. The wall gave way after heavy rains, causing fatal injuries to the child. Listen to Story Wall collapsed ...

There’s even debate among paleontologists that proto-feathers could have existed as early as 240 million years ago in the shared ancestors of dinosaurs and pterosaurs, the first flying ...