Is Tidal Power the Wave of the Future or a Wipeout?
Tidal power has its benefits as a renewable energy source with more predictability than its wind and solar energy sisters being one of them. But it also has its drawbacks, such as the price tag…
Glowing Plants Could Replace Your Lightbulbs
Trees could light up your street. Flowers could illuminate your garden. It sounds like something from the movie Avatar but the Glowing Plant Project is working to make glowing trees and flowers a reality. New…
Costa Concordia Righted in Biggest Salvage Operation of Its Kind
More than 500 engineers from 24 countries have worked together to successfully right the Costa Concordia. It took 19 hours to pull the 114,000-ton cruise ship upright. In her prime, the Costa Concordia carried 3,700…
Kuwait to Harness 2,000 MW of Renewable Energy with New Project
Interested in building a 70 megawatt solar power farm in the next three years? Kuwait’s looking for companies who want to join a three-phase process to generate a total of 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy…
Fusion Reactions Captured On Camera, 1 Billion Frames Per Second!
An emerging theme in science and engineering is the identification and tracking of particles and other phenomena that are fleeting and cannot be tracked either by the human eye or the most powerful microscopes. The…
Surrealism Movement’s Delightfully Disturbing Influence on Architecture
We’ve all seen buildings that twist, turn and seem to challenge gravity. They may be beautiful or downright disturbing. These architectural masterpieces are inspired by the Surrealism movement that began in the 1920s. Surrealism tends…
NASA’s New Camera Upgrades Give Mars Rover a Brain
NASA has announced new upgrades to its famous Mars rover, which include an intuitive camera system. TextureCam, manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, can not only take photos of Mars’ surface, rocks and any other specimens,…
The America’s Cup Pushes Sailboats to Record-Breaking Speeds
At first glance, AC72 sailboats seem to defy the laws of motion. They’re powered by the wind but can travel at speeds even greater than that of the wind propelling them. How? The crew behind…
James Bond’s ‘Underwater’ Car Sells for Over Half a Million Pounds
The fully-operational James Bond car Lotus Esprit has sold for £550,000 ($865,000) through RM Auctions in the UK. The final price tag is less than the bidding guide had set it, which was between £650,000…
Telescopic Lenses Give You Superhero Vision
Imagine being able to magnify your vision by almost three times what it is now. It almost sounds like something out of a comic book or sci-fi film but it’s actually happening. Scientists have created…
