Engineering is not often billed as an adrenaline infused profession. Indeed, introducing yourself as an engineer at a party likely won’t earn you the admiring ooh’s and ahh’s that, say, a fireman, or ...

Watch new episodes of “Disasters Engineered” Season 2 Mondays at 9 p.m. on National Geographic (channels 41/195 on SkyCable, 141/240 on Cignal, and 65 on GSAT).

The trip proved transformational for Miyamoto, both personally and for his privately held company. Although the firm had begun to foray into international disaster and recovery contracting in the ...

Cranes are the backbone of modern construction, but sometimes they collapse with devastating results. This video explains why crane failures happen, using historical examples to reveal the dangers of ...

The catastrophic implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible was not a freak accident, but the result of systematic flaws in ...

The marvels of engineering far outweigh the failures/disasters. These failures and/or disasters result when engineers and designers push boundaries by building taller buildings, longer bridges, or ...

io9 Sinking Ships, Exploding Airships, and Collapsing Bridges: The Dumbest Engineering Disasters ...

FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of a natural "act of God" and an engineering failure. On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the ...

While we must continue fighting the pandemic, we cannot neglect to prevent other natural disasters and environmental calamities from wreaking havoc on our communities. Smarter engineering can help.