If you were a famous Giant Panda celebrity, Bao Li or Qing Bao, newly in residence at the National Zoo, who would be your best friend in Fairfax County? That might be Patricia Greenberg, an ecologist ...

A 37,000-year-old fossilized bamboo stem, unearthed in Manipur, reveals early thorn evolution as a defense mechanism against Ice Age herbivores. This discovery highlights northeast India's role as a ...

Hong Kong (AFP) – Dozens of deaths in an inferno at a Hong Kong residential estate have ignited debate over the role the city's quintessential bamboo scaffolding played in the fire's spread, as the ...

HONG KONG — Kan Shui-ying was home alone on Wednesday, watching television at her Hong Kong apartment while her husband and son were at work. It was around 3 p.m., she said, when she “smelled a strong ...

It’s flexible, strong and cheaper than steel and aluminium: but it has its downsides Bamboo scaffolding remains a ubiquitous sight across Hong Kong's skyline. They blanket skyscrapers, renovation ...

All eyes are on an ancient method of construction after tower blocks in Hong Kong were destroyed by fire. Devastating images and video of the inferno tearing through bamboo scaffolding around ...

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Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is widely used by construction workers Hong Kong fire – latest updates Full report: Dozens killed in Hong Kong tower block fire Explainer: ...

Bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique that was traditionally ubiquitous in Hong Kong, is under scrutiny for its role in the city’s deadliest fire in more than a century. At least 55 people ...

The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the one of the world’s most ...

HONG KONG, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades has highlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for building work in a tradition dating back centuries ...