Observatory: How Sturdy Is Your Sand Castle? Itâs All About the Water
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Researchers used X-ray microtomography to look at how the water is distributed in the mix with sand used to make a sand castle.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 10--VIRGINIA BEACH -- The city is increasing its stock of historic homes, but concerns about how to best manage them are pitting long time grass-roots activists against each other.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 5--The pressures of growth have caught up with the 4,000 customers of the Sunset Beach, N.C., water system, who in a few months will be paying dramatically higher monthly bills.
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Feel like a fish out of water? You may not be too far off.
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Jack Connors and I are sitting on our usual bench at Castle Island. Lunch is the usual, too: couple of hot dogs each, mustard and relish, and we split an order of onion rings, though neither of us needs them. We talk about the governor&#146;s race. We gossip about what&#146;s happening downtown and at the Globe. We talk about how ...
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By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  May 31--Ever since Hurricane Isabel battered Ocean View, Norfolk has gotten serious about protecting its beaches.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. Sept. 29, 2004 - Many of Florida&#39;s beaches have taken on a different look after this year&#39;s parade of hurricanes finished shifting, eroding or completely relocating tons of sand.
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By LIZ HULL A PENSIONER has been threatened with prison or a Pounds 50,000 fine if he takes windblown sand back to the beach where it came from. Arthur Bulmer's seafront garden became carpeted after a week of storms swept tons of sand from the beach across the road.
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By Kovsky, Eddie  Engineering isn't all microchips and software design.  As long as transportation and water resources remain vital issues in the state of Idaho, civil engineers will have their work cut out for them.
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By Gabriel Tynes, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Sep.
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Architects develop shape-shifting structures that morph in response to changing weather, fluctuating temperatures and differing uses. Imagine a skyscraper that braces itself in gusty winds, or a house that shakes the snow from its roof. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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By Jamie Francisco, Chicago Tribune  Sep. 17--The 12th Street Beach, a 1 1/2-mile stretch of sand behind Adler Planetarium, is a picturesque spot where parkgoers can sit by the lake and sometimes, at night, listen to concerts performed at the Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island.
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Is a sea change about to occur? Don't count on it.
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By Deborah Williams  It could be a movie set: a perfect milelong white sand beach, breathtaking sunsets, a fish filled lake, an old-fashioned amusement park, lakeside dining establishments, a 121-year-old beachfront chapel and the bustling Erie Canal.
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After 100 years of speculation, scientists have finally found proof that strong tides can trigger earthquakes. The link was confirmed by a trio of researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles
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By Beth Jones, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 24--Steven Solomon doesn't want to move a mountain.   Just a submerged houseboat.   But the chore may prove to be more difficult than he'd previously thought.
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It's a curious fact to know about yourself &#151; how much wind you can withstand before you get knocked off your feet.