The Engineering of Wildlife Crossings(practical.engineering)

38 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 3 comments

Is the world really running out of sand?(practical.engineering)

471 points by chmaynard 2 years ago | 189 comments

Practical Engineering blog post and video examining whether the world is actually running out of sand used in construction and industry.

The engineering behind the San Antonio River Walk(practical.engineering)

177 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 38 comments

The Hidden Engineering of Niagara Falls(practical.engineering)

160 points by chmaynard 1 year ago | 17 comments

Which power plant does my electricity come from?(practical.engineering)

192 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 99 comments

Why Bridges Don't Sink(practical.engineering)

270 points by chmaynard 2 years ago | 99 comments

The Engineering of Landfills(practical.engineering)

471 points by impish9208 2 years ago | 292 comments

Practical Engineering blog post and embedded video explaining the hidden engineering behind modern landfills.

Why it's so hard to build a jet engine(construction-physics.com)

411 points by mhb 1 year ago | 198 comments

A Construction Physics essay by Brian Potter explaining why designing and manufacturing jet engines is so difficult.

UK air traffic control meltdown(jameshaydon.github.io)

875 points by jameshh 3 years ago | 289 comments

A blog post analyzing the NATS incident report on the 28 August 2023 UK air traffic control system failure caused by a flight plan processing bug.

Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk(research.google)

353 points by aleyan 8 months ago | 524 comments

Google Research blog post examining whether hard-braking events from vehicle data can indicate crash risk on specific road segments.

I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure(coinerella.com)

631 points by willy__ 8 months ago | 321 comments

A blog post by a founder describing building a startup entirely on European infrastructure, the stack chosen, the difficulties, and unavoidable non-EU dependencies.

Boeing missing key elements of safety culture: FAA report(ainonline.com)

327 points by elorant 2 years ago | 268 comments

AIN news article on an FAA expert panel report finding Boeing lacks key elements of a safety culture, including employee awareness of how to report safety concerns.