Newsweek.com has a great profile of famous corporate recalls through the years.
The automotive highlights:
1. Ford Pinto, 1978
From Newsweek: Because of the placement of the car’s gas tank, the Pinto had a tendency to burst into flames when rear-ended—even at moderate speeds.
2. Ford Ignitions, 1996
From Newsweek: Ford recalled 8.6 million .Read more...
The one year anniversary of Flight 1549 reminds us of the remarkable landing with both a Sully book tour and a survivor reunion at the crash site. Not much has been written about the actually NTSB accident investigation–it seems damage from the birds was confirmed in both engines:
Federal safety officials .Read more...
One of the more disturbing news stories last month was the theft and later recovery of the famous Auschwitz ‘Arbeit macht frei‘ sign.
The sign reads ‘work liberates’ or ‘work makes you free’ and was infamously positioned at many of the World War II-era concentration camps. On 18 December 2009 a .Read more...
Boston.com reports that the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is set to fire up the Large Hadron Collider.
The 27 km (17 mi) particle accelerator was launched last year, but suffered a failure from a faulty electrical connection, damaging 53 of the smasher’s 9,300 superconducting magnets. Repairs are now completed, .Read more...
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