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The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. And those still functional marvels rely on a unique construction material: pozzolanic concrete, a spectacularly durable concrete that gave Roman structures their incredible strength. Even today, one of th...

Library officials in Stanstead, Que., are full of gratitude after receiving more than $140,000 in donations — including from celebrated author Louise Penny — to help renovate the entrance to the library that straddles the border with the United States. "It is crazy. It's overwhelming …I have contractors starting wor...

As March draws to a close and Linux 6.14 nears release, now is a good time to provide you all with our first major progress update since taking the lead on the project. Going forward, we hope to keep these updates in sync with upstream kernel releases. We feel that this is a natural cadence given the focus on upstre...