Engineering fails usually bring to mind collapsed bridges, unstable buildings, and expensive disasters that nobody wants to repeat. Most design mistakes are repaired, demolished, or quietly forgotten.

As I have said many times, all of our energy options require trade-offs. I can’t think of any that don’t have some negative consequences and risks associated with their production and/or use. One job ...

“Command from Engine 3, emergency traffic. We have lost water at the nozzle. Working to exit from division two.” There are few radio transmissions more concerning to a firefighter or incident ...