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Residents of fire-stricken areas are finding a surprising material to protect their homes from disasters in the future — dirt. The BBC reported on the rise of earthen homes in the U.S. as a ...

Inspired by the way mud dauber wasps build their nests, one assistant professor began to consider the ways we could build ...

The first image that comes to the mind of many when you talk about rammed earth houses is the grass-thatched mud house synonymous with rural areas. Most people’s reaction is that there is no way ...

Owing to this, Meerut-based Ajay Kashyap has begun making earthen dwellings for birds ... It is apparent that development is at its peak. Earlier, houses were made from mud, owing to which ...