The man whose job it is to watch paint dry
It might be a famous idiom for something mind-numbingly dull, but imagine if when people asked you what you did for a living, your h...
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What’s the hottest chili in the world? (Hint: it’s not the Carolina Reaper)
The Carolina Reaper has been usurped. Long known as the world’s hottest chili, it has this month been dethroned by the mysteriously...
Will the land speed record ever be broken again?
For 99 years, the land speed record – the highest speed recorded by a person using a vehicle on land – rose steadily. But since the...
Moon Trees | The NASA project growing seeds that went to space
Outside the Indiana Statehouse, the state capitol building in Indianapolis, stands a sycamore tree. Planted over 40 years ago, this...
Oppenheimer Beach | Where the father of the A-Bomb found peace
Since the release of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Oppenheimer, millions of people have become familiar with the life of its epony...
The unemployed NASA robot stuck on planet Earth
A vastly expensive space rover, built to explore Mars, was deemed surplus to requirements by NASA. Out of work, with its life’s purp...
Tokyo’s towering sewers | A look inside the world’s largest drain
Tokyo has long had to contend with flooding. The Japanese capital’s location on a shallow bay and atop a series of rivers leaves it...
How the Cold War dug the deepest hole in the world
This summer, China began digging a hole in the Xinjiang region with an eventual depth of over 36,000ft. This will mean cutting throu...
How mosquitoes are being used to fight dengue in Bali
Bali’s climate makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, but life on the Indonesian island also pres...
Is This the Silliest Toy Ever?
Did you ever play with Silly Putty when you were a kid? Did you know it’s been around for 70 years? Did you know it was accidentally...