Boeing has two new planes, the 747-8 Intercontinental and the 747-8 Freighter. They are testing all their systems now. That includes the brakes, which means a rejected takeoff test with a fully loaded plane. This is how they did it: More »
It happened when Earth was still in black and white: 50 years ago we stepped outside our home planet for the first time. This is the tale of the beginning of an adventure that hasn’t ended yet, the biggest, most dangerous and rewarding quest ever embarked on by the human race—the fascinating story of two men who took us to a new level. More »
The Mariana Trench is a place of incredible mystery, the deepest point in our home planet. Like 97% of Earth’s seabed, it remains completely unknown and full of the strangest life you can possibly imagine. Never-seen aliens swim and roam its lunar landscape. More »
In case you had any doubts about where the war in Libya is going, the Pentagon has admitted today that two new weapons are now part of the coalition forces: The A-10 Warthog and the AC-130 Spectre. More »
Plutonium has been discovered for the first time outside Fukushima’s reactor buildings. The radioactive material was found in the soil at five points of the nuclear plant. More »
The Tokyo Electric Power Company has released new images from the interior of Fukushima’s reactor 3, as well as video of emergency personnel frantically working inside the plant. More »
Here’s the timeline to the Japan’s earthquake crisis—constantly updated with all news and features ordered chronologically, as well as the latest videos and images. [Last update: 3:03pm EST Tuesday, March 22, 2011] More »
This thundering is the actual sound of the Japan 9.0 earthquake, recorded in real time by the deep ocean hydrophone network of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Hatsushima—on March 11, at 14:45 local time. More »
This first-person view is the most terrifying and astonishing video I’ve seen of the Japan tsunami. Initially everything seems ok, just a mild wave coming towards the camera. But keep watching—the sea goes Godzilla and destroys everything. More »
Air Worthiness Directive 2011-04-09. That’s the name of a new FAA rule that might kill you one day. It dictates that emergency oxygen masks should be removed from lavatories in every commercial plane in the United States. More »
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