With wildfires growing in size, frequency, and intensity, more and more people are being exposed to their smoke, sometimes ...

Fire safety isn’t something most of us think about until we face a crisis. You might have a fire extinguisher under your sink or trunk, but owning one is only half the battle. Knowing how to use a ...

Starting a fire with a battery sounds risky unless it’s done correctly. This method focuses on reliability, control, and repeatable results. It works with common items and minimal effort. When ...

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department should hire additional staff members and rethink staffing methods to better meet national recommendations, according to a new report. The department is using a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

In the lead-up to James Cameron’s first two “Avatar” movies, the process of performance capture was mostly obscured. The magic trick of how living, breathing performers became majestic alien creatures ...

Last week’s request for public comment from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) doesn’t look like a major win for a tech giant to the naked eye. In fact, it seems almost clerical. But for Google and ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...