Science

Holy ship that’s big!

This is the Blue Marlin. A semi-submersible heavy lift ship from Dockwise Shipping of the Netherlands, it is designed to…

6 years ago

Science in Action – award winning pics

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering…

7 years ago

Underwater Farming in Italy

Beneath the blue waters 100m off the coast of Noli in northwest Italy lies a cluster of balloon-like pods pegged…

7 years ago

Macro photography makes monsters

That is a moth. Seriously. The world looks quite different when you zoom in on it. Our arrogance makes us…

7 years ago

Beyond amazing – ‘Wintergatan’ marble powered musical machine

This is the Wintergatan Marble Machine, built by Swedish musician Martin Molin. This impossible to comprehend 'instrument' is a hand-made music…

7 years ago

Watch a ‘Zipper Truck’ create a tunnel in record time

That is a 'Zipper Truck' created by construction company Lock Block, Ltd. Using concrete blocks that interlock, much like LEGOs,…

7 years ago

Drill Powered Walking Machine

This is a walking machine powered by nothing more than an electric drill and some mad genius. Check the video…

7 years ago

So metal. Blacker than Black = Vantablack

This is Vantablack. It is blacker than black, and soon to be the name of about 50 metal bands. It…

7 years ago

Big cats plus little boxes

It is a universal fact... cats like boxes. So science decided to find out if large, carnivorous, potentially deadly cats…

7 years ago

Hummingbird in a wind tunnel

This is a hummingbird. They are the smallest extant (meaning, still alive, as opposed to extinct) bird species. And the…

7 years ago