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Bricks before books

In Umerkot, Sindh, there are many children who can explain the science of brick-making with more confidence than they can read a textbook. They know the soil by touch, the water by measure, the sun by ...
When it comes out later this year, the most creative new set of Lego bricks won’t be available in stores or from any traditional retailer. The only place you’ll be able to find it is in a classroom.
Scientists have developed what could be a much quicker and easier technique for astronauts to make building-construction bricks out of lunar soil. The secret lies in heating that moon dust, then ...
The content featured in this article is brand produced. Brampton Brick doesn’t go as far back as 7000 B.C.E, when the earliest mud bricks were baked at a settlement outside of Jericho. But they’ve ...