Infrastructure

Rest in Peace, Cat That Broke Into New Orleans Substation and Blew Out Power to Thousands

A cat that broke into an electrical substation and unfortunately perished after coming into contact with high-voltage equipment was responsible for a power outage that affected some 7,500 Entergy customers in New Orleans on Monday morning, the Advocate wrote. In a statement to the paper, Entergy wrote that the cat caused a “flash” (i.e., the…

Biology Tom McKay Sep 18

Report: Hackers Could Easily Screw With Navigation Systems on Many Civilian Ships

Naval systems that track the current position of ships have an array of vulnerabilities that could make it simple for hackers to break in, the BBC reported on Thursday, which could enable attackers to set off collision alarms on other vessels. Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners (PTP), which is releasing some details of a…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Jun 7

Report: Engineer Told Officials Not to Worry About Crack in Miami Bridge Just Hours Before Collapse

The death toll from the collapse of a pedestrian bridge over a road at Miami’s Florida International University on March 15th has risen to at least six, with the university admitting on Saturday that one of the project engineers had waved off concerns over a crack just hours before. Per the Wall Street Journal, the…

Tech News Tom McKay Mar 17

Trump Probably Won’t Raise the Gas Tax But, C’mon, He Totally Should

The gas tax has been the same since 1993. That’s as long as I’ve been alive. In that time, I’ve seen phones transform from Sidekicks to iPhones, computers become lightweight and touch-screen, and even vehicles go from straight hooptie town cars to electric, engine-free ones that float pointlessly in space. Amid all this, there’s been…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Feb 15

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Shows No Love For Public Lands

On Monday, President Donald Trump’s much-delayed, likely DOA infrastructure plan was released. It’s the latest incarnation of the administration’s priorities to turn federal lands into a national energy sacrifice zone. Tucked into the $200-billion plan unveiled today are two particularly wild ideas. One is to pay for the $11.3 billion National Park Service maintenance backlog…

Conservation Brian Kahn Feb 12

Puerto Rico Is Investigating How It Screwed Up Restoring Power After Maria So Badly

The Puerto Rico Energy Commission has launched a probe into why its efforts to rebuild the commonwealth’s electrical grid after taking a direct hit from Hurricane Maria in September are proceeding so slowly, with less than even a third of the electrical grid back online to date. According to Buzzfeed News, an eight-page document shows…

Tech News Tom McKay Oct 28

We’re Strangling the Planet With Roads

Throughout the Brazilian Amazon, more than 95% of deforestation occurs within a few miles of a road. If no roads were built through these areas, the ecosystems would be far more intact, and biodiversity would be more likely to thrive. But roads have been built—and disconcertingly, a lot more are going to be built. A…

Earther Ari Phillips Oct 26

The Cursed History of NYC MetroCards

If you’ve ridden the New York City subway, you know the feeling. You buy a flimsy plastic card that lets you ride the train, and when you try to swipe it at the turnstile, it doesn’t work. You swipe again. The machine asks you to swipe again. You swipe again. The machine asks you to…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 23

Next Up, Tesla Will Take on 7-Eleven

Back in 2013, the sky was the limit for Tesla, and Elon Musk was promising a low-cost 90-second battery swap at charging stations in the future. Since then, reality has set in, and those plans seem to be on hold. What’s the next best solution for those long charging times? Maybe put your feet up…

Tech News Rhett Jones Sep 22

Why You Should Always Walk on Escalators

On Tuesday, The New York Times decided to reignite the age old debate of walking versus standing on escalators. And do you know what the paper concluded? “You shouldn’t walk on escalators.” This is a patently incorrect and essentially un-American conclusion for at least four reasons. Before we delve into our very detailed and organized…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 4

Trump Found a Way to Make Manhattan Even Worse

Midtown Manhattan—with its noise, traffic, slow-moving tourists, and overpriced everything—is the one place most New Yorkers avoid at all costs (if they can help it.) It’s also home to Trump Tower, a gargantuan gold-plated phallus jabbed straight into the city skyline where the President-elect is planning on spending weekends during his term in office. In…

Tech News Avery Ellis Nov 18

Here’s Footage of NYC’s First New Subway Line in Nearly 100 Years

The above gif just looks like a subway, doing exactly the thing subways do. But this is no ordinary train—it’s the first glimpse at an infrastructure project first proposed almost a century ago. First discussed in 1919 (and then promptly abandoned due to the Great Depression thing) the Second Avenue subway will run down Manhattan’s…

Tech News Avery Ellis Oct 10

New Analysis Confirms Why the Skagit River Bridge Collapsed

In May 2013, a bridge spanning the Skagit River along Interstate 5 in Washington state catastrophically collapsed, after an oversized trailer clipped one of the bridge’s cross beams. A new analysis by engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign confirms the many factors that contributed to the collapse, and offers recommendations for how…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Aug 27

Why Do Trains In America Suck So Badly?

Let’s state the obvious: trains in america are awful. They’re slow, expensive, and not very reliable. And there are a few, largely unsolvable reasons why that’s the case. As Wendoverproductions explains, part of it boils down to where American cities are located. Trains are only more convenient than planes when cities are located 200-300 miles…

Tech News Avery Ellis Aug 16

A Massive Crane Collapsed on New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge [Updated]

A crane collapsed across the span of New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge today, blocking traffic and wreaking havoc on the state’s longest bridge. Photos and video from the scene show the extent of the collapse: The crane collapsed just after noon near mile marker 15, NBC reported. Rockland County Executive Ed Day said three motorists…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Jul 19

Florida’s Slime Coast Is a State-Sponsored Disaster

STUART, FLORIDA—The smell hit me as soon as I opened my car door—like rancid milk mixed with dog shit. I gasped for breath as humid air descended, filling my pores with the putrid odor. “It’s been like this for three weeks,” Mary, the unhappy attendant at the deserted Central Marine boat dealer told me. “Last…

Tech News Maddie Stone Jul 15

Watch This Apocalyptic Timelapse of the DC Metro Flood

Last night, a DC subway station turned into a surprise water park ride. It wasn’t a huge deal—the station was closed for a few hours, the water drained, and service went back to normal—but it certainly looked like it. Seeing a timelapse of the whole thing from the station’s entrance shows how this happened. The…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jun 22

Man Hits Glass Bridge With Sledgehammer, You Will Absolutely Believe What Happens Next

China, conceiver of large, ambitious, and often terrifying new infrastructure projects, has decided to build another opportunity for its citizens to stare into the abyss of mortality very tall glass bridge, despite the fact that the last one wasn’t as strong as some people hoped. To assure future tourists that the Zhangjiajie bridge—the world’s highest…

Tech News Maddie Stone Jun 13

How to Protect Your Drinking Water From Lead

After the full impact of the Flint water crisis was revealed, it was almost inevitable that more cities would start to see the same problems when it came to lead in their water supplies. Now it’s been proven that dozens of utilities are underreporting the amounts of lead in their water: 33 cities in the…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jun 7

The Longest, Deepest Rail Tunnel on Earth Just Opened in the Swiss Alps

After 17 years of construction, the Gotthard Base Tunnel opens today. This feat of engineering is a 35-mile high-speed rail connection beneath the Swiss Alps and is now the longest transit tunnel in the world. You better believe that Hyperloop engineers are paying attention. The Gotthard Base Tunnel is actually several tunnels—about 94 miles total—burrowing…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jun 1

Rest in Peace, Cat That Broke Into New Orleans Substation and Blew Out Power to Thousands

Report: Hackers Could Easily Screw With Navigation Systems on Many Civilian Ships

Report: Engineer Told Officials Not to Worry About Crack in Miami Bridge Just Hours Before Collapse

Trump Probably Won’t Raise the Gas Tax But, C’mon, He Totally Should

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Shows No Love For Public Lands

Puerto Rico Is Investigating How It Screwed Up Restoring Power After Maria So Badly

We’re Strangling the Planet With Roads

The Cursed History of NYC MetroCards

Next Up, Tesla Will Take on 7-Eleven

Why You Should Always Walk on Escalators

Trump Found a Way to Make Manhattan Even Worse

Here’s Footage of NYC’s First New Subway Line in Nearly 100 Years

New Analysis Confirms Why the Skagit River Bridge Collapsed

Why Do Trains In America Suck So Badly?

A Massive Crane Collapsed on New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge [Updated]

Florida’s Slime Coast Is a State-Sponsored Disaster

Watch This Apocalyptic Timelapse of the DC Metro Flood

Man Hits Glass Bridge With Sledgehammer, You Will Absolutely Believe What Happens Next

How to Protect Your Drinking Water From Lead

The Longest, Deepest Rail Tunnel on Earth Just Opened in the Swiss Alps

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