When he first began to work on the railway, Fyodorov had treated metal and machines as he treated animals and plants with caution and foresight, trying not only to get to know them but also to outwit them.

NEWYORKER: Among Animals and Plants

Being with metal and machines required a great deal more sensitivity than being with wild animals or with plants and trees.

NEWYORKER: Among Animals and Plants

These Living Machines recycle wastewater by filtering it through a system of bacteria and plants.

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Many plants got rid of their ATM machines in 2008 after a rash of robberies in which thieves stole machines and forced employees at gunpoint to give their security codes, according to accounts in the Mexican press.

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