"Yesterday's waste becomes tomorrow's mobility." These were the words that greeted me just over an hour ago while checking my e-mail. Intrigued, I scanned the message and saw the word bike. What was ...

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This article was updated May 12, 2023. It was originally published Feb. 1, 2000. Chain drives traditionally handled heavy loads in harsh conditions, and many still do. But although they started out as ...

‘The Age of Plastic’ was an album by the 1980s British new wave group, The Buggles – a point to which we shall return! More pertinently, it is a term often used to describe the remarkable rise of this ...