Engineering by Catastrophe explores how today’s most advanced structures are shaped by the disasters of the past. From spacecraft and skyscrapers to tunnels and flood barriers, each episode unpacks ...

This video looks back at the Starliner crewed flight test and why the fallout now seems far worse than a simple spacecraft ...

A week after devastating twin earthquakes struck Venezuela rescue teams are using drones, dogs, cameras and specialised ...

Fadnavis also urged people in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and the Pune-Nashik belt to avoid unnecessary travel and ...

The rescue operation has reached a grim inflection point after the 72-hour “golden” window for finding survivors passed.

Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has survived two of the country’s worst natural disasters: the devastating 1999 mudslides ...

The Washington Department of Ecology has released footage of the aftermath of the chemical tank rupture at a Longview paper mill late last month that killed 11 people. It’s some of the most intimate ...

(via PBS Terra) When you look at Federally declared disasters across the U.S., there’s a surprising blank spot in the Southwest region. What’s up with that? Is the Southwest really a safe haven from ...

Social media users are sharing many videos of buildings collapsing and people trapped under rubble, saying it shows the destruction of two massive earthquakes in Venezuela. Althou ...

Newly enhanced surveillance footage and a 3D analysis are intensifying claims that Southern California Edison's equipment ...

Social media users are sharing many videos of buildings collapsing and people trapped under rubble, saying it shows the ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...