How your body senses cold—and why menthol feels cool

When you step outside on a winter morning or pop a mint into your mouth, a tiny molecular sensor in your body springs into ...
Wealthy Driver on MSN

Aluminum bodies sound great until you have to repair them

The pitch for aluminum-bodied vehicles is genuinely compelling. The material is lighter than steel, resistant to rust, and increasingly sophisticated in how it can be formed and joined. Ford made the ...
IEEE

Forecasting the Intensity of Road Traffic Collisions using Machine Learning Algorithms

Abstract: Unevenly burdening poorer countries, road traffic collisions cause a great deal of harm, including injuries, deaths, and economic losses. This situation has been the subject of prior ...
NPR

NTSB blames 'deep' systemic failures for deadly midair collision near Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — After a yearlong investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board blamed multiple systemwide failures for the midair collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American ...
Fox 5

NTSB outlines causes of deadly midair collision over DC at hearing

NTSB outlines causes of last January’s midair collision that killed 67 people. FAA has already made permanent changes to D.C. airspace after the crash. Families hope new NTSB recommendations lead to ...
CNN

Close helicopter routes and Army crew’s perception of the wrong aircraft determine why a regional jet and helicopter collided

Nearly one year after the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, DC, the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized the Federal ...
The New York Times

Safety Board Blames F.A.A. For Multiple Failures in D.C. Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board found the probable causes of the midair collision last year included poorly designed flight routes and ignored warnings about risks. By Karoun Demirjian and ...
PBS

NTSB investigators will detail causes of the midair collision over Washington, DC, and recommend changes

So many things went wrong last Jan. 29 to contribute to the deadliest plane crash on American soil since 2001 that the National Transportation Safety Board isn't likely to identify a single cause of ...