Extreme Engineering: Twelve Strangest Vessels in the World
1. The Aeria Mystery Seen last at the Finnish port Turku (and possibly scrapped since then), this mysterious hull has sparked furious disputes in several
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Twelve of the Strangest Ships to Ever Set Sail
1. The Bottsand Split-Hull Although she looks like Dr. Evil’s headquarters, this unique vessel fulfills the noble mission of cleaning oil spills in the Baltic.
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MV Golden Ray – The ‘Small’ Error with a Giant Price Tag
Back in September 2019, Saint Simons Island in Georgia had one of those idyllic promenades many wished they could retire to – sandy beaches, rows
NS Savannah: A Nuclear Future That Never Was
Streamlined muscular design, chrome on the outside, leather on the inside, monstrous power under the hood… No, this is not Elvis Presley’s pink Cadillac. We
Tide Predictors: The Surprising Analog Computers That Helped Win WW2
On 9 October 1943, the Liverpool Tidal Institute received its most challenging task to date: to calculate the optimal day and hour for the largest
The Razzle Dazzle Camouflage: When British Artists Fought German U-Boats
If you have ever been to a modern-art gallery, you must have heard the likes of: ‘Hmm…what am I looking at?’ ‘What in the world
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Great Ships That Saved Jewish Refugees From the Holocaust (And Some That Couldn’t)
The recent decade has been grimly generous with humanitarian catastrophes, and while recent history abounds with natural disasters, man-made ones have often surpassed them in
Supertankers – Back When Giants Crossed the Seas
Oil was among the cornerstones of the 20th century and continues to be a prevalent energy source so far in the 21st. Glorified by some