Author Kim Salzman has fictionalized Operation Moses in her new book, “Straddling Black and White,” about an Ethiopian-Jewish family that is torn apart during the mission. It tells the story from the ...

While the world waits patiently for Hyperloop, Chinese engineers have provided something of a solution to the enormous traffic jams for China’s intracity roadways. Instead of discussing ways to change ...

Inventions are not always what they seem. This is particularly the case when a device or design appears to magically solve all your problems. Last week we wrote about the prototype of a “bus” that ...

Back in August, reports surfaced that China's straddling bus/train had finally completed its initial road test in Qinhuangdao City, marking the first step toward a public rollout. Sadly, as is so ...

You might remember last summer's story of China's amazing straddling bus (which is really a train, as it runs on tracks). The concept design for the transit elevated bus, or TEB, had been around for ...