Plastic, plastic, everywhere (Image: Scott Gries/Getty Images) You have been on the ocean for 54 days now. How is it going? Really well. I have to keep pinching myself that we are floating on a boat made out of 12,500 2-litre reclaimed plastic bottles. Why is your boat, the Plastiki, built out of these bottles? [...]
FUD's bar and grill in Shreveport, Louisiana, doesn't look like the kind of place where mathematical proofs are born. The jukebox is good, the beer is cheap and a smoky haze lingers over the pool tables where mathematicians from nearby Louisiana State University unwind after a hard day at the blackboard. Solve that one (Image: [...]
Four men have set sail in the South Pacific in their bid to recreate the epic 7,000 km (4,350 mile) voyage of Captain William Bligh. The four sailors will travel in a small, open-top boat. Captain Bligh was cast adrift after the famous mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. The crew is sailing in a [...]
HARRY SHATTUCK You can sail for two weeks from Galveston across the Atlantic Ocean and to Barcelona, Spain, on Royal Caribbean's 3,114-passenger Voyager of the Seas It's the bargain of the year for Texas cruisers: You can sail for two weeks from Galveston across the Atlantic Ocean and to Barcelona, Spain, on Royal Caribbean's 3,114-passenger [...]
Strong winter winds have kept the two America's Cup boats in port for three days this week, but the first race remains scheduled for February 8. Photo courtesy BMW Oracle The last court challenge—BMW Oracle contending the Alinghi's sail was not constructed in its home country as specified by the rules—has yet to be settled, [...]
There are two forms of climbing: the sport (left) and classical (right). (Credit: SINC / Col. John Corcuera (left) and Romero et al (right).) ScienceDaily (Jan. 11, 2010) — The maximum time an athlete is able to continue climbing to exhaustion may be the only determinant of his/her performance. A new European study, led by [...]
A transponder on the skier's leg measures their precise speed, allowing the researchers to establish which wax makes the skis go faster. (Credit: Copyright Fraunhofer IWM) ScienceDaily (Jan. 11, 2010) — You couldn't have asked for a better day for a competition. It's minus five degrees, the sun's shining and there's not a breath of [...]
ON A bright day in 1912, an Austrian tailor named Franz Reichelt jumped off the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. This was no suicide attempt. Reichelt was wearing a special overcoat of his own design that was supposed to let him glide gently to the ground. Sadly, it didn't work. As the crowd watched and [...]
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian truck driver has been fined for smoking in his vehicle because it is considered his workplace, a police spokeswoman said on Friday. A police officer saw the 48-year-old trucker driving on a highway in southwestern Ontario with a cigarette in his mouth on Wednesday, and gave him a C$305 ($290) [...]
NEW YORK, NY.- This October, The Arctic Circle will embark on its first expedition into the High Arctic, with a collective of eighteen juried professionals aboard an ice-class, scientific research sailing vessel. The traditionally rigged 150’ Schooner will host a crew comprising international artists, architects and scientists that will set sail, using techniques of early [...]
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