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AI-generated representative image showing a stabilized fly-ash base being constructed. Credits – Gemini The pavement must withstand repeated loads without failing or deforming when airports construct runways for huge planes. Throughout the 1970s, Newark International Airport in New Jersey hosted one of the biggest US operations using coal fly ash in a stabilised pavement base….

In Grundy County, Illinois, grain farmer John Dollinger gets yearly payments from ten wind turbines spread across his family’s 800-acre property. About a decade ago, the deal guaranteed him $10,000 per turbine each year. That amount has slowly increased with inflation. By 2025, each turbine paid about $12,000, giving the farm roughly $120,000 in total…

In October 2024, Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, through her Yield Giving fund, donated $30 million to Housing Trust Silicon Valley, providing the largest individual gift in the nonprofit’s history. The unrestricted donation was aimed at helping the organisation expand affordable housing opportunities across the 14-county Bay Area, one of the most expensive…

A homeowner in Parkville, a suburb of Baltimore, opened her mail one day to find an unexpected check for $234,368.25 (£176,000) made out to her. It was not a lottery prize or a bank mistake. Instead, it was a tactic used by a potential buyer who wanted to purchase her home without putting it on…

Rajinikanth’s Raghavendra Mandapam in Chennai is back in the spotlight after reports suggested that the iconic venue could be transformed into a three-star hotel. The reports have also brought an old video of the Superstar back into discussion, in which he spoke about the future of the property and promised that its earnings would eventually…

Quote of the day by Oscar Wilde: “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination”; What does the playwright advise on chasing dreams and striking the balance Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer and playwright, born in Dublin. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and then at Oxford and became famous…

For Alice Walton, much of the attention around her wealth comes from an asset she did not build herself. The youngest child of Walmart founder Sam Walton has remained a major shareholder in the retail giant, even as her own career moved away from the company. Her fortune has continued to rise with the value…

The Pacific is becoming a major focus of Jeff Bezos’ environmental philanthropy, with the Bezos Earth Fund announcing more than $25 million in new grants for ocean conservation across five Pacific nations. The latest funding is intended to help governments protect large areas of marine territory while developing longer-term plans for managing their waters. According…

Some children turn almost anything into a song. Getting dressed becomes a little tune. A trip to the supermarket gets its own lyrics. They sing about what they are eating, what they are doing, who is coming home and even what happened five minutes ago. The songs may make little sense to an adult. The…

The castle’s transformation became a television project when the Gaineses documented the renovation for their 2022 Magnolia Network series Fixer Upper: The Castle. For years, Cottonland Castle stood as one of Waco’s most intriguing landmarks, an imposing historic home that had plenty of character but needed someone willing to take on the work. In 2019,…