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Construction workers were concerned when a sluggish movement was detected in a deep muddy hole on an urban construction site.

Glasgow Caledonian University engineering students, with the help of primary school children, have designed and manufactured the world's first mobile luge ramp.

Taco Bell has unveiled a new restaurant that ditches the dining room and has four drive-thru lanes that will deliver tacos from the sky instead.

A restaurant in Arizona is gaining attention after its owners said guests could lick the walls while enjoying their food or a drink, as the walls are made of Himalayan rock salt.

A novel penned by a construction worker during his lunch breaks using just his iPhone has been picked up by a major publisher.

A cricket batsman's massive six meant construction workers needed to put in a shift to find the ball during the T20 Vitality Blast in England.

A network of tunnels which would connect the Scottish islands is being “seriously thought about”, according to Scotland Office minister Ian Stewart.

Operators across the UK and Ireland are being invited to put their machinery skills to the test by Kubota UK, as part of the business’s ongoing celebrations to mark 25 years as the country’s biggest selling mini-excavator manufacturer. The #Kubota25Challenge is encouraging operators to s

Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids and plazas on a construction site of what will become an industrial park near Merida, on Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula. The site, called Xiol, has features of the Mayan Puuc style of architecture, archae

Lawmakers in Thailand have been criticised after it was revealed that the country's new parliament building includes a karaoke room.

A chef has transformed the galley section of a Boeing 737 into a working kitchen and installed it in his Banff home.

Having previously ordered Alex Salmond to remove a massive Yes sign from his garden, Aberdeenshire Council has reversed its decision after deeming the sign ‘non-political’. In March, the former First Minister was told the Saltire-themed placard nailed to a tree in his garden was in breac

Robotics experts at the Manufacturing Technology Centre have developed an autonomous robotic rat which can scurry along underground pipes carrying out inspection work. The invention has the potential for cost and efficiency savings for utility companies as well as reducing human exposure to hazardou

Ancient poop found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge revealed that the settlement’s inhabitants — who likely built the stone circle — feasted on the internal organs of cattle.

EDF has deployed a uniquely customised remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to carry out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection at its Blyth Offshore Wind Farm. The ROV, equipped and operated by researchers from the ORCA Hub, a strategic project within the National Ro