The Silver Swan – an automaton built in 1773.
This is The Silver Swan on display in its home at the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is one of the oldest...
China builds solar power panda
This is a panda. Wassup. Aside from being the cutest of the bears... it's also a strong symbol of China. So Chinese solar merchants have...
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 transport very large...
Science in Action – award winning pics
A 9.5 metre ‘spike’ wave, taken by Stuart Brown, which is created by combining more than 2,000 waves into a central focus and is analogous to a...
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 to the seabed by ropes half a...
Macro photography makes monsters
That is a moth. Seriously. The world looks quite different when you zoom in on it. Our arrogance makes us view the universe with the presumption...
Off to Oz – car gets swept away by tornado
That is a still from a dash-cam that caught some horrifically amazing footage of a tornado just making a car... disappear. As you watch the...
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...
Jaguar attacks crocodile under water
This majestic beast is a jaguar. This menacing looking monster is a crocodile. You wouldn't think jaguar would eat crocodile... but it's a...
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, the truck is...