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Ornithologists working at an onshore wind farm in Scotland had an unusual brood to monitor when rare ringed plover nested at the foot of a 126-metre wind turbine.

Unused energy trapped within bridges is to be harvested in a major new international project led by Heriot-Watt University.

Two boxes constructed to differing building standards are to be filled with ice for two weeks to demonstrate how well each icebox keeps out the heat without relying on any energy.

A woman facing more than $100,000 in parking fines for minor parking infractions on her own property has cleared a hurdle in her lawsuit against her local authority. Sandy Martinez has been supported by the Institute for Justice (IJ) in her lawsuit against the town of Lantana in Florida, which says

A man has gone viral on social media after sharing his story of accidentally breaking into a home and cleaning it.

Recycled vegetable oil is being used for the first time to heat a home in Scotland.

Paintings by a former labourer with a secret artistic talent are set to go on exhibition three years after he passed away.

A homeowner has gone viral on Facebook after unexpectedly unearthing 160 bowling balls from the foundation of his property. David Olson, 33, discovered the first bowling ball while demolishing the back steps of his house – but went on to discover 159 more, all from the same manufacturer.

A homeowner has discovered an 18th-century Gothic folly made of teeth and bones hidden at the bottom of his garden after living in the property for 25 years. John Bostock was aware that the structure was present as part of his home when he moved in, however, it was not until recently that he discver

A Scottish civil engineer has made it through to the final of an international competition, which challenges contestants to explain an aspect of civil engineering in just 200 seconds. Lauryn Steel, a principal technician with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Engineering Design Service, produced

A real estate listing on the shores of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario is drawing attention online for being apparently entirely underwater. The 7.7-hectare lot in a protected bay on the Canadian side of Lake Erie may look like a steal at $99,000, especially with the average home in Canada no

A chance connection has given a construction worker a second shot at his professional baseball dream. Last year, Jake Marshall thought his baseball career was over. The pandemic shut down the league he played with in California and he returned to Alexandria to set up a home construction business.

A civil engineer has claimed a Guinness World Record for the tallest stack of M&M's. Will Cutbill from Solihull managed to balance five of the chocolate sweets on top of each other, breaking the previous record of four that was jointly held by Silvio Sabba (Italy) and Brendan

A construction worker has confessed to the theft of a Pablo Picasso painting which was personally gifted to the Greek people by the famous painter.

Originally named after Richard Mentor Johnson, Johnson County in Iowa has now taken its name from a different Johnson after hearing that Mr Johnson was a particularly "despicable person". Henceforth, the county is taking its name from Lulu Merle Johnson, a professor and historian who was the fi