Will Robots Rule Your World?
Humans are good at manipulating symbolic expressions like words, images and sounds related to objects and people in our environment. Over time, we have built up knowledge about the structure and function of the world…
Engineering
Revolutionary Wing Design Requires Largest Lathe in the World
In February 2014, Airbus received an order for 20 A380-800 super jumbo jets worth $8.3 billion (£5 billion). The company, based in Blagnac, France, has manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, Spain and the UK and produced…
Your Next Flight Could Have a Missile Defense System to Protect You from Terrorists
Israel is surrounded by a number of hostile neighbors but this small country has managed to hold its own despite being the target of terrorist attacks from time to time. In 2002, a surface-to-air missile…
Nano-Enhanced Carbon Fiber Wheels Bring Victory In World’s Toughest Downhill Race
Until materials improvements cut bike wheel fractures to zero, the average downhill racer experienced 75 fractures per season. The previous material, aluminum, had to be changed 180 times per season. Now, next generation materials developed…
Incredible Raw Footage Of 20,000 Pound Killer Whales Chasing a Dive Boat!
The footage has actually been out out for about a year but this incredible encounter is going wild on the internet at the moment. As you can see in the video, a pod of orcas,…
New Report Says Fracking Will Devastate Wildlife
Drilling for shale gas could devastate wildlife habitats, according to a new study from anti-fracking groups in the UK including the National Trust and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The report has…
BP Back in the US Contract Bidding Game after Deepwater Horizon Ban Lifted
British Petroleum is now eligible to bid for US government contracts after the ban that prevented them from doing so was lifted. BP agreed to a set of new safety, operations and ethics requirements. The…
Hard Rockin’ Robots Strike a Chord on the Music Scene
Fans of Jimi Hendrix, Slash, B.B. King, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, eat your hearts out. While your heros rocked a few generations in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, guitarists of…
Ice Cover on the Great Lakes Near Record Levels
February 1979 marks the record for the greatest ice extent for the Great Lakes, having an incredible 94.7% of the lakes’ surface frozen over. On March 6, satellite images of the Great Lakes captured the…
New Goodyear Zeppelins Mark New Era in “Lighter Than Air” Transport
The name Goodyear is synonymous with Akron, Ohio, where the company is headquartered, and aerial broadcast coverage of sporting events in the United States. Goodyear blimps first “hit the air” in 1925 and since then…
