Terra Cotta Warriors March Through Washington
NPR
In 1974, a group of farmers digging a well in central China stumbled upon a buried figure. It turned out to be one of an estimated 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors in an underground tomb complex. The warriors and a host of other figure...
Want eco-friendly towers? Start by digging deep
Globe and Mail
Scheduled for completion in 2011, it is now a massive hole in the ground, excavated for foundation piles and underground parking. It would have been a relative cinch to install geothermal pipes within the excavation, and effectively use the...
Pint-size pooches face off in Woodland earth dog trials
The Sacramento Bee
A secluded grove near Woodland is the place to be this weekend for fans of terriers and dachshunds – small, scrappy, independent dogs bred to hunt vermin underground.
Yellowstone cleans up fuel tank sites
Star-Tribune
Contractors are cleaning up several sites around Yellowstone National Park where leaky underground fuel tanks had contaminated soil and groundwater over the past few decades. The park's environmental protection specialist, Jim Evanoff, says...
Underground Hall Dedicated at Tenn. Gov's Mansion
The Memphis Daily News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Phil Bredesen and other elected officials are dedicating a new underground meeting hall at the governor's mansion in Nash....
What America’s Highways Would Look Like As A London Underground Map [Maps]
Jalopnik
This is what the Eisenhower Interstate system looks like drawn in the style of Harry Beck's famous London Underground map. Now come on, wouldn't this make it much easier to find WalMart? ...
Gas pipe ruptures on Lower Wacker Drive
Chicago Tribune
A construction worker struck a gas line on Lower Wacker Drive this morning, causing a leak in the underground roadway. The leak from the four-inch service pipe happened about 10:30 a.m. at the lower portion of the 155 N. Wacker Dr. building...
Its 'Mother' dead, doomsday sect in jeopardy
AZCentral.com
The Church Universal and Triumphant still keeps its 750-person underground shelters stocked with food - "insurance," its leaders say, against possible dark days ahead. Yet with Prophet gone, it's uncertain the spiritual movement she embodie...
Architect plans to examine future of New York Pavilion
YourNabe.com
The deteriorating New York Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park is going partly underground until funds can be found to repair it, and a major architectural firm is working to find new uses for the soon-to-be-landmarked structure.
Where the melting pot still simmers
Boston Globe
In the 1800s freed slaves and other African-Americans settled on Beacon Hill, turning it into an abolitionist hotbed and an important depot on the Underground Railroad. “Many Bostonians have no idea really that there was a thriving, wonderf...
A Historic River Town Where the West Began
New York Times
The abolitionist fervor surged through the 1800s, and Marietta College and a yellow brick home at 401 Fort Street were Underground Railroad stops. As the 19th century hurtled forward, ship builders flourished in Marietta, and in the late 18...
Divining rod reborn as explosive-detection device
CNET News
... pair of simple divining rods could magically detect water underground. (Credit: ATSC (UK)) Seems dowsing is coming back, albeit with an unexpected angle. British company ATSC (UK) is selling a portable explosive detection device called ...
Rebirth of the radical at the Viennale film festival
The Guardian
And where else could one see a retrospective of the films of the extraordinary character actor Timothy Carey, who also directed a groundbreaking underground film, The World's Greatest Sinner (1962)? Other stimulating retrospectives were a 1...
