Bendy bamboo poles really do help people carry more than their own body weight, according to new research. The primitive technique for carrying loads has been used throughout Asia for thousands of ...

Southeast Asia is a riot of colour and biodiversity. Boasting luxuriant rainforest and thousands of insects and mammals, the region is ripe for a biologist in search of inspiration. But when James ...

The fire began at one of Wang Fuk Court's eight 32-story towers, then spread rapidly across seven buildings. It’s clear that a large share, but not all, of the bamboo that had encased the buildings as ...

Friedman was one of the top US World Cup Downhillers and a member of the U.S. Ski Team for 10 years before an injury forced him into retirement in 2009. Every year, Friedman was handed a load of new ...

Standing in the ooze of Wilmington Island's salt marsh, water up to his chest and rising with the incoming tide, Andrew Hartzell grabbed a long, green pole. With the precision of the boat carpenter he ...

For a territory where memories of intense pro-democracy street protests six years ago remain fresh, the bamboo debate has ...

Landscape contractor Scott Sohn recalled the day when landscape architect Wayne Connor showed him a pencil sketch and asked for his opinion. “I had to step back and say, ‘What the heck is that?’” Sohn ...

Bamboo scaffolding helped build Hong Kong’s skyline because it was fast, clever and affordable. The science behind fire and the realities of high-rise living now demand a tighter line: use the right ...