Leonardo Da Vinci self supporting Bridge
Leonardo da Vinci’s Ingenious Design for a Self-Supporting Bridge Da Vinci’s design serving as the support structure for this footbridge in Morsø in northern...
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Why Planes Don’t Fly In A Straight Line
Have you ever been on a long-haul flight and wondered why your aircraft is taking a curved route instead of flying in a straight...
A large pumpkin impaled on top of a tower
On October 8, 1997, Cornell’s campus experienced an unusual sight: a large pumpkin impaled atop McGraw Tower. Almost 25 years ago, someone impaled a...
Radioactive Waste: Classificaction
Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. Radioactive waste is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear...
Fastest route for a ball: Brachistochrone Curve
What are Brachistochrone problems? Find the shape of the curve down which a bead sliding from rest and accelerated by gravity will slip (without...
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter was an allegorical cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War...
How to Survive a Lightning Strike
A lightning strike or lightning bolt is an electric discharge between the atmosphere and the ground. Most originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate...
Latex foam mattresses
Latex foam in mattresses is generally a blend of the latex of the Hevea brasiliensis tree and synthetic latex, which is derived from petrochemicals...
Amazing time-travel pictures combine past and present
These moving images match photographs of locations in the present day with the ghosts of the momentous historical events that happened there. Created by...
ROC Monitoring Post
Bunkers in UK Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Posts are underground structures all over the United Kingdom, constructed as a result of the Corps’ nuclear...
