A 6-foot (1.8-meter) wide sacbe was discovered in El Savador recently, buried under a thick layer of hardened volcanic ash. A sacbe is the Mayan term for a white road. This particular one led in and out of a Maya village, but was buried by an eruption about 1,400 years ago.
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11 October 2011
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Given that we are at, or nearly at, Peak Oil, it stands to reason that the costs associated with building roads are increasing, and that government can no longer afford to maintain their road systems. Now, a new method of producing asphalt is being developed to counter these effects.The technique is critical for avoi... |
1 November 2010
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Researchers say that existing or planned infrastructure, such as buildings, roads and so on, could be successfully used to produce meaningful defense barriers that would protect people against flooding.The new work shows that roads, for instance, could represent a highly-efficient barrier in the path of raging waters... |
6 September 2010
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At this point, there are only a handful of methods to clear a road that has been covered with snow. There is the old-fashioned way, which involves you going out there with a shovel. Or you could wait for the snow plough or the salt truck. If you live in specific countries, your government may have already installed h... |
2 December 2009
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Road rage is perhaps the thing that most drivers have in common, regardless of where they live and what car they drive. While individuals with aggressive-type personalities are more prone to screaming and bellowing from the windows of their cars in the intersection or in a traffic jam, otherwise peaceful individuals ... |
17 June 2009
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South Korean scientists are currently in the process of developing a revolutionary new technique of recharging electric vehicles, without having to construct a large number of recharging stations along existing highways. Basically, they are trying to construct the recharging mechanisms directly into the streets, whic... |
19 May 2009
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Most gravel roads across the United States have circulation signs that caution or force drivers to reduce speed to a certain level, so as to avoid accidents and drivers getting caught unprepared by unexpected slides of their vehicles. Despite the federal regulations on the matter, researchers have learned that peop... |
11 April 2009
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Toyota reaffirms its role as innovation spearhead with the development of a new type of sensor that is capable of understanding when a driver is tired or has fallen asleep while behind the wheel and wakes him up immediately. Estimates say that about one in five highway accidents occur as a result of driver fatigue, s... |
24 January 2009
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Whether you're an accident fanatic that wants to know each and every morbid detail, or you're just concerned about the road you'll be taking your kids to school on, it doesn't matter. This map tells you about the most dangerous roads on the planet and gives additional information about them to tho... |
21 January 2008
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As a traditional orthodox holiday, Saint Nicholas is said to bring either candy or a stick to children, depending on whether they've been nice or naughty during the year. Or at least, that's how it's like where I'm from. Needless to say that everybody's a child at heart or that everybody rece... |
6 December 2007
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