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Architecture and design projects featuring the use of sand curated by Dezeen

This has been a giddy week for the Massachusetts ornithological community, as the hits just keep coming from the Cape and Islands.

Stories about design using bacteria to make new materials, fabrics and other objects or to generate electricity and light.

When you wake up before everyone else in the house because a Scarlet Tanager is singing outside, it’s a good indication that you’re a birder. And also that it’s mid-May. I often sing the praises of September and October, the favorite months of many a year-round Cape Codder and birder. But I hereby acknowledge that May is best. The return of so many birds, fully breeding plumed and in full-throated song, is like an Espresso jolt to the soul after a bleak, sleepy winter. Over the years, at...

Northland speed sign wrecking spree costing ratepayers big money 9 Mar, 2021 06:00 AM 5 minutes to read Some speed limit signs, like this one near Bay of Islands Airport, have been rammed with a vehicle presumably fitted with bull bars. Photo / Peter de Graaf Some speed limit signs, like this one near Bay of Islands Airport, have been rammed with a vehicle presumably fitted with bull bars. Photo / Peter de Graaf Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvoc...