Historian Arnold Toynbee once observed, “Great civilizations are not murdered; they take their own lives.” More often than not, societies unravel from within—through a slow accumulation of political, ...

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday 68 bridges across 19 states be evaluated with a "vulnerability assessment" to determine their risk of collapse if involved in a vessel ...

Federal officials investigating the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in 2024 said the deadly accident was "preventable" at a board meeting on Nov. 18. The Dali ‒ a 984-foot ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds ...

Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake ...