Ukraine’s Startups Kept Innovating Through 1 Year of War
“Many people here and across the world were pissed off about some of his posts,” says Pranskevičius, who is based in Kyiv. “But what we’ve seen is that…
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Natural disasters, dangerous beasts, exotic lands: The pump business can be an adventure
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You might presume that…
Elon Musk’s Twitter Isn’t Ready for the Next Natural Disaster
Robert Mardini, the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), says that the organization has its own trends analysis unit that…
How Peaceful Crowds Turn Into a Deadly Crush
The more than 150 people who died celebrating Halloween in Itaewon, a dense neighborhood in Seoul, were victims of a crowd crush. The disaster was not a…
Double trouble when two disasters strike electrical transmission infrastructure
A schematic representation of the studied transmission tower illustrating the…
There’s a new map of climate disasters in America
The Biden administration launched a new website last week that maps the mess climate change is making across the US. From broiling heat to destructive…
Prediction of human movement during disasters could allow for more effective emergency response
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The COVID-19 pandemic,…
AT&T is using amphibious vehicles, drones and more to restore its network during disasters
In a nondescript warehouse outside of Atlanta, nestled among the office parks and chain restaurants that pepper suburban America, AT&T is preparing for…
The Startups Predicting Climate Risk for Bond Investors
For centuries, bond investing has boiled down to forecasting two things: which way interest rates are going to move and how likely a borrower is to repay its…
How Lost Hikers Can Send an SOS to Space
Last July, two hikers were on a backpacking trip in California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Just northeast of Granite Lake—a small body of water edged…