We tie our shoes, we put on neckties, we wrestle with power cords. Yet despite deep familiarity with knots, most people cannot tell a weak knot from a strong one by looking at them, research finds. We ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety added new requirements for vehicles to earn its Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ designations in 2024, including new performance criteria for rear-seat ...

Drug safety relates to the potential for adverse effects related to the administration of drugs. Efforts to establish the safely profile of drugs begin early in their development, with in vitro and in ...

Most temblors are too small for humans to feel, but every so often a whopper will rock our planet. The majority of earthquakes occur near the boundaries of tectonic plates—like the mighty San Andreas ...

The mission of Firehouse is to educate and inspire firefighters so that they can protect their communities and keep themselves safe. By providing news, lessons learned, tactical changes and focusing ...