A robot that can dig quickly and deeply into mud or wet sand could one day help lay underwater cables, dig up and detonate underwater mines, or anchor machines to the seafloor, researchers say. The ...

Bertha is ready to start digging. The world’s largest boring machine began drilling a nearly 2-mile highway tunnel underneath Seattle today. She won’t actually hit soil right away and will need to get ...

Remember when Elon Musk made that hilarious joke? You know, the one about the “boring company”, and how he wanted to start digging tunnels. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...