It was somewhere in the middle of Kansas when brutal crosswinds threatened to blow Katie Aguilar off her bike. Augilar had been surviving on little sleep and a diet of bagels, Bonk Breaker protein bars, and espresso shots, but she...
by Deb Landau
by Deb Landau
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It was somewhere in the middle of Kansas when brutal crosswinds threatened to blow Katie Aguilar off her bike. Augilar had been surviving on little sleep and a diet of bagels, Bonk Breaker protein bars, and espresso shots, but she...
by Deb Landau
Like many places in the United States, the town of Perry, Iowa, started out almost as an accident. In 1849, a family from Delaware and another from Rhode Island parked their ox caravan in the area and decided that this...
by Thomas Kohnstamm
Did you know that optical fibers embedded in aging infrastructure can enable proactive maintenance, improve safety, and extend its life? Learn more about this and other exciting infrastructure research and innovation in our new column The 5 Coolest Things in...
by Deb Landau
This article is the first in our new Engineering Wonders of The World series. The world’s highest railway bridge is in a rugged, mountainous area of northern India ā and it is a sight to behold. Hovering 1,170 feet above...
by Jay Moye
In early May, you could hear a pin drop in Bangladeshās classrooms and playgrounds, as the countryās schools and colleges closed in response to a ferocious heatwave. But there was no respite for rickshaw driver Mohammed Shameem, who had no...
by Chris Noon
Ever since she was a little girl in Canada, in the early aughts, GeneviĆØve āGenā Taurand loved math and technology. āI became fascinated with all of the new types of cellphones that were coming out,ā Taurand said. āIt amazed me...
by Thomas Kohnstamm
As a civil engineer with the Colorado Department of Transportation, John Kronholm keeps his ear close to ground. Or nature, to be precise. Kronholm is the resident engineer for Eagle and Lake counties, stationed high in the Colorado mountains in...
by Deb Landau
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by Deb Landau