Part of the appeal of travel is getting to experience something new, but dealing with a natural disaster while on vacation isn’t exactly what most people have in mind. With …
A hurricane’s category only tells you about its wind speed, but much of its devastation comes from flooding. With Hurricane Hilary approaching the West Coast, some areas could see as …
Would you drive here? Photo: DEA / G. SIOEN (Getty Images) Most people have got stories about the most fun roads they’ve ever driven on, you might even have a …
An oil inferno is pretty much the worst-case scenario in any kitchen, but do you know how to respond if a grease fire happens to you? Here’s what to use …
A Boeing 737 traveling from Houston to Cancun suffered a major mechanical failure minutes after take off on Tuesday, forcing the passenger plane to return to Hobby Airport so passengers …
Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (Getty Images) Earlier this week, Canadian officials ordered the evacuation of Yellowknife, the capital of the country’s Northwest Territories. A 400,000-acre wildfire is just ten miles away …
Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (Getty Images) The fear of crashing is probably one of the worst fears that people have related to flying. Second to crashing would be the pilots becoming …
Like it or not, driver assistance tech like collision avoidance measures, lane-keeping systems and parking assist are all here to stay. But have you ever considered what the impact of …
Photo: Swiss Federal Railways The Gotthard Base Tunnel is one of the most impressive engineering projects constructed in the 21st century. It took 17 years to construct the 35-mile tunnel …
Cars today are so much safer than they’ve ever been in the past that you have to intentionally keep your head buried in the sand to think that things were …