Soon after Wednesday's bridge collapse, at least 20 Scientology volunteers in Minneapolis and surrounding areas headed to the disaster zone. Just what they needed. picked by misswinkle 12 months ago

Finger-pointing began over a report two years ago that found the bridge was "structurally deficient." picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

In late February 2008, the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula disintegrated, an indication of warming temperatures in the region. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

New discoveries about another universe whose collapse appears to have given birth to the one we live in today. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

One person was killed Friday when a construction crane fell more than 20 stories from the top of a Manhattan building, according to Scott Stringer, the borough president of Manhattan.
*I know this is headline news but this is the second time within 3 months in NY and at least the 5th time (in the same amount of time) in the country. picked by dollyllama 2 months ago

Experts say the corrosive guano deposited all over the Interstate 35W span's framework helped the steel beams rust faster. picked by punthe 11 months ago

He kicked open the rear emergency door and fought his way through debris to clear a path. With adrenaline shooting through his veins, he began plucking screaming children out of the bus. He handed the kids to Good Samaritans who had gathered on the concrete above to help. picked by hisidea 12 months ago

BBC: Investigators are expected to say ordinary fires on several different floors caused the collapse.

However, a group of architects, engineers and scientists say the official explanation that fires caused the collapse is impossible. picked by deEPCHIll 2 weeks ago

He never made the inspections required, and falsified the records to make it look like he did. Nice guy.

Follow up to this story picked by Moe 4 months ago

The architects of Cambodia’s famed Angkor – the world's most extensive medieval "hydraulic city" – unwittingly engineered its environmental collapse, says research by UNSW scientists and a team of international scholars. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

The lesson here? Dispose of your underwear properly. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Engineers and fire personnel were working at an Abbotsford church Saturday, trying to figure out what caused a massive hole to open in the floor causing about 70 concertgoers to fall into the basement below.

"People were jumping and I started to jump,"... and all of a sudden the floor gave way.

Did these guy sleep through highschool physics? picked by chinook 3 months ago

Some of the most massive stars might not explode as supernovae, a new study suggests. Rather, researchers speculate, they simply collapse into black holes or if they do generate explosions, they're not as intense as the deaths of less massive stars. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Prepare NOW for disaster: A list of things to get in preparation of a post-economic collapse, along with a list of 100 items that disappear from the shelves first. picked by doggylives 2 months ago

Invisible magnetic field lines twisted like long ropes of DNA help stars spiral into life. New stars form from enormous clouds of gas and dust collapse under their own gravity into dense spheres. The packed cores are ignited by thermonuclear reactions. As they collapse, the clouds rotate, and like an ice skater pulling in his arms while spinning, rotation speed increases as the collapsing cloud ge... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Video provided exclusively to CNN shows the collapse of the I-35 bridge over the Mississippi River. picked by indisguise 12 months ago

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, a recently returning astronaut just can't seem to get used to all of Earth's gravity. picked by iduffee 2 years ago

title says it all, really. picked by kxmk 12 months ago

9 times the size of Manhattan. That's a lot of ice cubes. picked by moe 4 months ago

I'm a little bit country...

I'm a little bit on the floor! picked by CheeseWiener 9 months ago