Does Your Community Have Lead in Its Soil? Here’s What to Do
This story by the Center for Public Integrity was published in partnership with Grist and is part of a series on soil lead contamination. CC Off English Is lead lurking…
This New NYC Hospital Is Designed to Be Hurricane-Proof
Ten years after Hurricane Sandy flooded the emergency room at the old Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, a new, climate-resilient hospital has been erected in its place. Surrounded by scaffolding…
Uber’s ‘Record My Ride’ Feature Is Expanding to More Cities
Uber’s Record My Ride feature is expanding to even more cities across the United States. The feature gives both passengers and drivers the ability to easily record audio during a…
Tropical Cyclone Freddy Has Lasted More Than a Month, Potentially Setting New Record
Almost 200 people are dead and tens of thousands affected in Southern Africa after a tropical cyclone, which at 34 days could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record, hit…
Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic East Palestine Train Derailment
Ohio has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern demanding that the company clean up and pay for the damage caused by the early February derailment in East Palestine, the…
Hubble Telescope Releases Stunning Timelapse of DART Asteroid Impact
In September 2022, NASA deliberately crashed its DART spacecraft into a small asteroid some 6.8 million miles from Earth, in an attempt to redirect its trajectory as a test-run for…
A Software Bug Caused Two Alaska Airlines Flights to Suffer Tailstrikes on the Same Morning
Photo: Philip Pilosian (Shutterstock) In aviation, a “tail strike” is an unfortunate incident in which a plane’s tail literally strikes the runway, the ground, or another stationary object. Typically, such…
3,400,000 Times That Tesla Had to Recall a Car Since 2018
Photo: Jonathan Weiss (Shutterstock) In November of 2022, Tesla recalled some 40,000 vehicles because drivers were reporting the loss of power steering under certain conditions. Those conditions included driving in…
The Worst U.S. Chemical Disasters Caused by Train Derailments
Officials examine a derailed car in Paulsboro on November 30, 2012.Photo: Mel Evans (AP) The accident most similar to what’s happening now in Ohio occurred in November 2012, when a…
Homes in Flood Zones Are Overvalued by Billions, Study Finds
In this aerial view, flood water surrounds a building after Hurricane Nicole came ashore on November 10, 2022 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) This story was…