China is building a 315-metre dam that could become the world’s tallest. 27 mirrors are helping engineers finish it

China is building the 315-metre Shuangjiangkou dam in Sichuan, which could become the world’s tallest completed dam. Engineers are using 27 sun-tracking mirrors to direct concentrated sunlight onto ...

Beavers spent decades building a dam in the Canadian wilderness: Today, it spans 8 football fields and can be seen from space

Built over decades in a remote corner of Canada, the enormous structure is one of the most remarkable examples of animal engineering.
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Could building dams lower flood risk on the Guadalupe River?

Graffiti is scattered across the side of McAllister Park Dam in San Antonio on Nov. 5. Officials with the Upper Guadalupe River Authority are looking into the possibility of building retention dams ...
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Nobody is buried in the Hoover Dam — but the true story of who died building it is stranger

Ask any group of Americans what they know about the Hoover Dam and someone will mention the bodies. The story is told on tour buses, referenced in songs, and repeated with total confidence: that ...