Skyscrapers are in the news again. The recent opening of the Burj Khalifa turned the spotlight back on the engineering arms race. Popular Mechanics takes a look at the biggest skyscrapers on the drawing board and the current champ, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa:
The Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest tower in the .Read more...
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The Daily Beast ranked the 75 worst commutes in America:
Bumper-to-bumper traffic is America’s collective nightmare, and like the movie Groundhog Day it repeats on a daily basis. Congestion consumes billions of gallons of fuel, wastes hundreds of billions of dollars in productivity and causes billions of stress headaches. Yet over .Read more...
Railroad safety issues are in the news. The above accident in Los Angeles left 25 dead and spurred new interest in railroad-related legislation. The Wall Street Journal reports on the debate in Washington:
Passenger- and freight-railroad operators are pressing the White House to scale back proposed rules that would mandate billions .Read more...
