Amazon Made Airport Workers Toil In 100-Degree Heat Without Shade

Photo: Jeffrey Dean/Bloomberg (Getty Images) The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) cited Amazon three times for exposing its workers to dangerously hot conditions at San Bernardino International Airport. The online shopping giant was only fined $14,625 for leaving employees on the airport tarmac with little shade to shelter from the scorching California sun … Read more

It Took 36,000 Gallons Of Water To Extinguish A Burning Tesla

A Tesla Model Y engulfed in flames closed an interstate highway and required the assistance of myriad Alabama emergency services on Christmas night. To extinguish the fire, Pine Level Firefighters reported using 36,000 gallons of water over the course of an hour, further highlighting the ways local services may struggle to deal with car crashes … Read more

Flying Firehose Robot Could Revolutionize Firefighting Forever

Humanity has come a long way over the last few hundred years, but we are still terrifyingly vulnerable and susceptible to fires. Firefighters have employed tank-like robots that carry hoses into burning structures to minimize the amount of time that humans must endure the unpredictable dangers of a rampant fire, but researchers have a new … Read more