Starting a fire with a battery sounds risky unless it’s done correctly. This method focuses on reliability, control, and repeatable results. It works with common items and minimal effort. When ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...
In the lead-up to James Cameron’s first two “Avatar” movies, the process of performance capture was mostly obscured. The magic trick of how living, breathing performers became majestic alien creatures ...
Raging flames leaped from an apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side on Tuesday, raining debris onto the sidewalk and spewing smoke across the cityscape, but causing no major injuries, ...
The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...
When Chris Lanter rolled into Aspen in 1997 with everything he owned crammed into a Honda Accord, he was headed for a pastry job at the Ritz‑Carlton and determined that cooking would be his life. He ...
You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...
A fast-burning brush fire erupted in California's Ventura County on Thursday afternoon and quickly spread to 1,500 acres. There was zero containment as of late afternoon and the fire later crossed ...
South County Fire rolled out a new fire and emergency medical service deployment model to improve emergency services for nearly 300,000 residents across the regional fire authority (RFA). The model ...
Fourteen young kittens were rescued Saturday night from an abandoned burning home. On Saturday, more than 40 firefighters responded to a home on fire on Method Road in Raleigh. Other WRAL Top Stories ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification of areas that are more at risk of being affected by wildfires. The new fire hazard severity zone map shows ...