An Australian homeowner’s long-running dispute over invasive bamboo has ended with a court order for coordinated removal and a payment of A$6,253.50 toward treatment and likely repairs. In Wines v Homes NSW, the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales found that bamboo growing principally on a neighbouring property had spread beneath the boundary…

In the autumn of 1930, Leo Scanlon, a plumber from Pittsburgh, solved a problem in his backyard that would leave a lasting mark on amateur astronomy. Scanlon was building a private observatory behind his home in the Summer Hill neighbourhood on Pittsburgh’s North Side. He needed a lightweight, weather-resistant dome to protect a homemade telescope….