Floods, tornadoes, terrorist attacks—emergency responders navigate myriad disasters with increasing reliance on technology. Rochester Institute of Technology is educating the next generation of emergency responders to take the disaster management chain ...

Editor’s note: In the wake of the devastating floods that have swept through Texas—claiming lives, displacing thousands and overwhelming local infrastructure—the urgency of disaster preparedness has once again come into sharp focus. This article ...

IN a library in the Philippines, a die rattles on the surface of a board before coming to a stop, putting one of its players straight into the path of a powerful typhoon. The teenagers huddled around the table leap into action, shouting instructions and ...

If the internet crashes and power fails, modern technology could be rendered useless. Knowing this, these survivalists and preppers are on the hunt for bygone technology that will work in any worst-case scenario.