Britain isn’t built to withstand 40°C – here is where infrastructure is most likely to fail: KingTa/Shutterstock Hot weather strains the pipes that pump our water, the power lines that deliver our energy and the roads and railways that get us home at night. As global temperatures continue to rise, national infrastructure will be challenged …
Top Gun: How fighter jet pilots withstand high G: Alamy In the new Top Gun: Maverick film, pilots zig-zag fighter jets across the sky at stomach-churning speeds. Tom Cruise’s character, Captain “Maverick” Pete Mitchell, is still shocking fellow pilots with his prowess and daredevil antics after 30 years in the job. Maverick flies an F-18 …
Why Bulgaria and Poland can withstand Russia cutting off their gas supply: Russian energy giant Gazprom has completely cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Both countries are apparently being punished for refusing Russia’s demand that they pay for their gas in roubles. Other EU countries have also refused to pay in Russian currency …
Shaping Africa’s urban areas to withstand future pandemics: Urban areas are a fertile ground for contagion Getty Images The power of cities comes from the number of interactions they enable, between people, firms and markets – they are centres of social interaction. For all their virtues, however, cities have a major downside. They are a …
Are the banks strong enough to withstand the coronavirus crash?: 'Storm someone else's capital.' VB production One of the most visible outcomes of the COVID-19 crisis is the mayhem in the global stock markets. Between February 20 and March 19, the S&P 500 index plunged from 3,373 to 2,409, the FTSE 250 from 21,866 to …