(This is an updated version of a 2021 piece written after the loss of the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 off Bali, which took the lives of all 53 people on board. The time taken to find it, ...

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore earlier this year was a tragic incident. It was an alarming reminder of how unprepared many of us are for emergencies like finding ourselves ...

My deepest fear is drowning in an underwater cave. I don’t scuba dive and never will. (If nature wanted me breathing underwater, I’d have gills.) But you know what’s eerily similar to being trapped in ...

If you get stuck in quicksand, remember it's impossible to drown in the stuff. Instead, calmly try freeing yourself by gently kicking your legs back and forth. This should loosen the dense sand around ...

So, in BitLife you’ve landed in prison and decided to escape. You’re then presented with a checkerboard featuring you, a guard, some black lines, and an exit. If you want to successfully escape prison ...