If you thought your internet data and international phone calls were transmitted via satellite, you would be wrong. (It’s okay, I was, too.) Nearly all of that data actually travels on submarine cables stretching hundreds of thousands of miles along the ocean floor. This animation shows just how many stretch from coast to coast to…
You may have seen the Parks and Recreation episode where Tom Haverford makes 26 different online dating profiles to increase his odds of matching with every woman possible (after his nerd profile matched with his boss Leslie). You may also have watched someone swipe right on every single Tinder option until they run out of…
The February 3 Metro-North crash site in Westchester County, N.Y., resembles hundreds of thousands of at-grade railroad crossings around the country. The train tracks and the road are on the same level, and only an arm gate with flashing lights signals drivers that a train is approaching and prevents them from crossing the tracks. When…
Rebecca Harrington 