America’s oldest railroad tunnels What seems like a straightforward question can have three different answers, depending on how you define “oldest.” Partisans of the Pennsylvania, the New Haven, and the New York Central (and their ancestral lines) will have their own takes on it — and each will be right. Ask where is the first []Read More
Living with a model railroad and a dog or cat isn’t always easy. The animals don’t know the difference between your toys and theirs, and can wreak havoc on scenery, models, or your workbench. Animals love to chew on natural materials and unfortunately, many scenery products are made of those. But peaceful coexistence is possible []Read More
Crews are working to remove a truck that became stuck under the railroad trestle in Holyoke.
Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to store underground "sounds too good to be true", a climate expert told AFP, yet the technology to increase its capacity tenfold is already being tested.
LEVEL PLAINS, Ala (WDHN) -- A driver had a close call Thursday morning after going airborne over train tracks in Level Plains to avoid a head-on crash. According to Level Plains Police, the man swerved off County Road 445 to avoid another vehicle entering his lane. A Level Plains Volunteer Fire Department post said when []
After spending 13-years underground, Cicada Brood XIX is ready for some fresh air in North Carolina.
Charleston videographer Gavin Shelton presents Poddy Rules the World, the first-ever retrospective exhibition this weekend at Hed Hi Studios on the illustrious life and career of underground comic legend, Gilbert Shelton, Gavin’s uncle. Gilbert Shelton first achieved success in the early 1960s with his “Wonder Warthog” comics, a satire of the superhero comics of the […]
A multi-institutional team of archaeological researchers from Japan and Egypt has discovered what they describe as an underground "anomaly" near the iconic Giza pyramid complex. In their study, published in the journal Archaeological Prospection, the group used both ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) to investigate the area beneath the Western Cemetery in Giza.
Even after Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, affirmative action and the problems it creates continue to damage everyone involved.
Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding—and disclosing the cause to a doctor. “Bleeding doesn’t mean you need to go in,” Luna responded on the encrypted messaging app Signal. “Some people bleed on and off for a month." It was a typically busy afternoon for Luna, a doula and reproductive care activist in a state with some of the strictest...
An oil and gas firm planned to convert a New Mexico water well into a disposal site for toxic wastewater. A familiar face stood in its way.