Pedaling For Power
Like most teenagers, 12-year old Daniel and 15 year-old Isobel were a little careless about their electricity use.They often forgot to switch off the lights, unplug their...
Like most teenagers, 12-year old Daniel and 15 year-old Isobel were a little careless about their electricity use.They often forgot to switch off the lights, unplug their...
How would a bank celebrate its 20th birthday - With a cake of course! And what would be more appropriate then one that looks like a bank vault stuffed with currency? Thin...
Yi Cui, an assistant professor for material sciences and engineering at Calfornia's prestigious Stanford University has come up with an ingenious and lightweight way to s...
Twenty-four of the world's most skillful and dynamic surfers converged to Oahu's Waimea Beach this week, to compete in the Quicksilver Big-Surfing competition, which bega...
While most designers are on the look out for the softest and silkiest materials for their creations, Marion Macedo sticks to a true and trusted medium - Paper.
Welcome to 'Cooking with Miranda'. This month, I am going to teach you how to bake a holiday treat that will have your friends and family, licking their fingers - 'Red Ri...
In November 2008, Astuo Takanishi and his fellow researchers from Japan's Waseda University, introduced to the world a new flute prodigy. The Robo Flautist made headlines...
On December 17th, 1903 the Wright brothers revolutionized our world when they piloted their first powered flight that went up 20ft, lasted for 12 seconds and traveled a d...
Always seeking out the sunniest spot or the one with the best view in your house? if you lived at the Everingham Rotating House in Wingham, New South Wales, that would no...
Every year, the Los Angeles Auto Show sponsors a themed challenge where auto designers are asked to create their vision of what future cars will look like. Last year's ch...
While his school friends always suspected that James Corbett would end up as some sort of artist, he didn't find his true calling until 1999, when he began working for an...
The Picturecraft gallery in Holt, Norfolk is facing an unusual problem - they have no paintings left to display. That's because their latest exhibit, featuring 16 waterco...
The International Space Station allows astronauts to live in space for extended amounts of time, enabling them to explore the mysteries outside our Universe and conduct e...
While the bull fighters of Spain are legendary, its bull leapers are not as well known. These are the brave souls that practice the sport of bull leaping, which true to i...
Think the multi-touch display of your iPhone is cool? Then you are going to be amazed by the Ring Wall - The world's largest, multi-touch, multi screen and multi-user wal...
While the words 'hunger' and 'banquet' may sound odd together, they make perfect sense when explained by Oxfam, a community service organization established in 1995, with...
All 16-year-old Ruth Amos wanted from her Material Sciences project, was a good grade - Hopefully an 'A'. She not only achieved that, but also, came up with a product ide...
Activist and adventurer, Lewis Gordon Pugh also known as the 'human polar bear' is busy training for a new expedition - To swim across the Khumbu Glacier Lake, located 17...
While the rest of us were trying to figure out how to thaw our birds, the folks at Cincinnati's Fountain Square were making sure their turkeys were as frozen as possible....
Looking for an unusual gift this Christmas? How about an ornament or necklace that contains genuine reindeer droppings? But you better hurry, because these unique items a...
Swiss adventurer, James Rossy, also known as Fusionman or Jet Man, made headlines last year, when he became the first man to fly across the English Channel, with just a j...
On a day when most of his cohorts end up under the carving knife, Courage, a Tom Pumpkin will be strutting his feathers, as the Grand Marshall of the Thanksgiving Parade,...
Always envied Harry Potter's ability to whip out his wand and make magic happen? Now you too can do the same, with the new Kymera Wand.
While the soil of our favorite Red Planet may now seem arid and inhospitable - one where water is scarce or non-existent, this may not have been the case, billions of yea...