An all-girl team of high school students has invented a comfy and cozy T-shirt equipped with a mechanism that automatically inflates it into a life preserver when it gets soaking wet. Called the ...

When you’re talking about a potentially life-saving device like a life preserver, it should ideally fit a couple of criteria; ease of transport, and quick and easy deployment. This combination means ...

Which do you think would be easier to throw to someone who's drowning, a big ol' life preserver or a compact device about the size of a pop can? If you went with the latter – and if you spend a lot of ...

PENSACOLA, Fl. (WALA) - On Thursday, a teenage girl got caught in a rip current on Pensacola Beach. Pensacola angler Andrew Smith was getting ready to go shark fishing with his drone when he saw the ...

Well, I'm back. After a lengthy parental leave, when publication of the Planet Money newsletter decreased in frequency, I'm now working full-time and the newsletter will go back to being published ...

Here’s a bet I hope I’ll lose: At least one person will drown in the Upper Delaware River this summer — a person who isn’t wearing a life preserver. I make this sad prediction because the odds say a ...