Carnival Splendor was alerted to a distress call from a catamaran while the ship was south of New Caledonia. Amid rising ...

From cryptic lettered buttons to unguessable apartment numbers, elevators in Austria can feel like a puzzle— especially if ...

"Someone screwed up the top row of buttons and didn't take the time to fix it. If you look around, there should be a number for the elevator company and possibly for the elevator inspector.

That goes for safety — and especially for building owners’ elevator costs, often the second-highest maintenance expense behind HVAC. A number of proptech companies are addressing elevator operation ...

Elevator buttons can sometimes be fickle things — confusing labels or tricky security systems can start a trip up or down a building off on a slightly sour note. But on the control panel ...

Perhaps no button on Earth is mashed as furiously as the “door close” button in an elevator. The button, usually denoted by a set of arrows pointing inward, is a favorite of impatient people ...

I didn't. At least not until Newsweek asked me to try and answer one of the more peculiar questions yet: Why do we continue to press the elevator button even though we know it won't make the ...

The star symbol on elevator buttons typically denotes special or priority floors, often for maintenance or emergency use. It helps users quickly recognize vital facilities such as service access ...