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California town nearly destroyed by wildfire rebuilding with unique approach to insurance crisis
More than six years after California's deadliest wildfire nearly destroyed the town of Paradise, residents are continuing to ...
Is Sinking San Francisco International Airport Still Prepared For A Major Earthquake?
One of the busiest airports in the United States, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is also an important gateway for ...
Northern California company that 3D prints homes to help families rebuild after LA wildfires
Thousands of families are displaced after losing their homes in the LA wildfires. One Northern California company wants to help by 3D printing new houses for them.
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Concrete homes offer more resistance to fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes
After seeing thousands of homes burn to the ground in the Los Angeles wildfires, and many homes damaged here in the Houston ...
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Scientists track sea ice loss with earthquake sensors
On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...
With a new David Hockney show in Palm Springs, we visit the artist’s L.A. haunts
Artist David Hockney used to cruise Los Angeles in his Mercedes. From the Chateau Marmont to Gemini G.E.L., we re-create his ...
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How the Parthenon of Athens Was Engineered to Withstand Earthquakes
The construction ingenuity of Athens' Parthenon has enabled it to miraculously survive natural disasters such as earthquakes.
Turkey's earthquake reconstruction efforts must balance speed with fairness
Two years after the devastating 2023 earthquakes in Turkey that killed about 60,000 people and caused the collapse of 57,000 ...
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Cape Town-based nonCrete, partners offer fire-resistant building solutions
The Los Angeles fire disaster and the many fires we regularly experience in South Africa are a powerful reminder of the need for fire-resistant building materials and methods across the housing ...
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Cellular concrete may be a viable low-carbon alternative to traditional concrete for earthquake-resistant structures
Investigators have found that a product called cellular concrete may be an environmentally friendly alternative to ...
Crews dig deep hole in Waterfront Park to put new Burnside Bridge design to the test
Crews are finishing up digging a 125-foot hole to install a test foundation that they'll use to test the earthquake-resistant ...