"Three, two, one!” The tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator started moving slowly, swaying and twisting. The 10-story, 100-foot structure was experiencing simulations ...

Drivers on Interstate 15 may have noticed smoke near Pomerado Road this morning. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas says it was part of a UC San Diego study on how fire spreads through ...

Just before 1 am on 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment block in West London. Triggered by an electrical fault in a fridge-freezer, the fire should have been a ...