Human Behavior and Physics Hamper Rail Safety Systems
Engineers and transportation safety experts around the world are working to reduce the dangers of grade-level rail crossings like the one in Valhalla, N.Y., that was the scene of a…
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Engineers and transportation safety experts around the world are working to reduce the dangers of grade-level rail crossings like the one in Valhalla, N.Y., that was the scene of a…
Credit Rommel Bundalian Credit Ministere de la Culture — Mediatheque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, New York Credit Nancy Borowick – Residents wait for a bus to evacuate them…
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SANA, Yemen — A senior member of Al Qaeda who had issued a statement saying the group had encouraged the terrorist attacks in Paris last month was killed in a…
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