Posted Archive
By Ben Coxworth – – Researchers study the eggshell material, with some help from a scanning electron microscope. (Credit: Daniel Messling, HIU/KIT). They’ve been used as a rubber additive, a carbon-capture medium and a bioplastic ingredient. Now, discarded eggshells may have yet another use. …
It was a sprawling civilization. By Matt Davis – – Near modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, you can find towering mounds of earth that were once the product of a vast North American culture. Cahokia was the largest city built by this Native American …
By Paul Ridden – – The EV4 Mountain Cart was developed with input from a disabled extreme athlete, and has been tested in snowy Polish mountains and on jump tracks. (Credit: EV4). Jack Skopinski’s rivet-packing electric trikes and four-wheelers like to tilt. It’s become something …
By Michael Irving – Researchers have found a new way to study the genes that bacteria swap to give each other new skills. (Credit: wasja/Depositphotos). The smallest creatures can have some of the biggest impacts on the planet. You can get a sense of …
By Nick Lavars – – The Pal-V Liberty Pioneer is based on the same flying car shown off last year, but with a few extra trimmings to give its limited run of 90 an extra air of exclusivity. (Credit: C.C. Weiss/New Atlas). After …
By Rich Haridy – – Volume 3 of an ongoing series called Aerial Facades from Camilo Monzón Navas in Colombia. (Credit: MonzoonPhoto Behance CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). View gallery – 42 images. Architects have long embedded geometrical patterns into their designs that lay hidden from the view of …
By Loz Blain – – The UDrone uses hands-free “mind controls” via a sensor-heavy headset. (Credit: Tyson Clugg/New Atlas). How much more fun could drones be if you got fiddly hand controllers out of the way and flew them with your mind? That’s …
By Loz Blain – – Jetpack Aviation is taking orders now on its US$380,000 jet turbine-powered flying motorcycle. (Credit: Jetpack Aviation). Jetpack Aviation has leap-frogged its own flying car project with the announcement that it’s taking pre-orders now on a self-stabilizing, jet turbine-powered …
By Ben Coxworth – – Autonomouse is claimed to be able run for over a year, with little human intervention. (Credit: Andrew Erskine). If you want to study a mouse’s natural behaviour, then perhaps it isn’t best to grab the animal and place …
San Francisco’s monarch who once “ruled” America. Joshua Norton lost his wealth and his mind before declaring himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico in 1859. His first act as emperor was to abolish Congress and the Republican …
