Last month, we discussed standards for ladders, looking specifically at ANSI ASC A14.2-2017: American National Standards for Ladders – Portable Metal – Safety Requirements by […]
Natural climatic shift has driven the Earth through many geological epochs. It has often been accepted that we are in the Holocene (meaning “entirely recent”), […]
***Update: This standard has been revised. ANSI/ASSP A10.8-2019: Scaffolding Safety Requirements is available on the ANSI Webstore. Cities are constantly-changing entities, replacing people, buildings, and […]
Humans have always been constricted to the ground by our relatively-unchanged biological limitations. The tallest man who ever lived in recorded history, Robert Pershing Wadlow, […]
A past post focused on AIAA S-117-2010, an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) standard that recommends a specific verification program for any space […]
2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, which is responsible for countless captivating images of asteroids, planets, galaxies, stars, and other astronomical […]
In the middle of the 20th Century, there was a “Green Revolution”. During this time, due to scientific accomplishments, the overall crop yield increased greatly, […]
Cleanrooms and other controlled environments are aseptic zones that are crucial for the operations of many different industries. They serve as venues for food processing, […]
July often proves to be an incredibly hot month. One of the best ways to combat the discomfort that comes from the heat is by […]