Science and Nature

Namba Parks is an office and shopping complex located in Namba-naka Nichome, Osaka, Japan, at the place where Osaka’s baseball stadium used to stand until 2003. The complex...

Europe's 12 most impressive metro stationsOpening in 1863, London has the world's oldest underground railway but it also has, in austerely beautiful Westminster, one of Europe's most futuristic-looking...

Why volcanoes are the energy source of the futureWhat's good for Mordor is good for America. AP Photo/Binsar BakkaraIn Iceland, scientists have just completed a successful experiment in harnessing...

Physicists say energy can be teleported 'without a limit of distance'A team of physicists has proposed a way of teleporting energy over long distances. The technique, which is...

Stirling Charger V 2.0 – Charge your phone with a candle!Almost every great idea is born from a necessity and who doesn’t need a cellphone charger that works...

Il DuomoBrunelleschi’s DomeHow did a hot-tempered goldsmith with no formal architectural training create the most miraculous edifice of the Renaissance?In 1418 the town fathers of Florence finally addressed...

Man-Made Earthquakes UpdateThe number of earthquakes has increased dramatically over the past few years within the central and eastern United States. Nearly 450 earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and larger...

This awesome ‘replicator’ combines industrial machining with laser 3D printing to create just about anythingLaser printing of metals has proven itself as a viable manufacturing process. No longer just...

See-Through, Light-Transmitting … Concrete?!Transparent Reinforced ConcreteConcrete has a sometimes-bad reputation as a harsh, rigid, cold-to-the-touch and straight-edged material. Litracon is doing a great deal to change that image of concrete...

The 11 Best American-Designed Buildings of The YearExpandEvery year, the American Institute of Architects invites its members—some 83,000 licensed architects—to enter the buildings they've designed in the past...