(just in from cnn): The world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane has been broken by three aerospace engineers with a paper aircraft that flew a grand total of 289 feet, 9 inches (88 meters), nearly the length of an American football field. The feat required months of effort, as the team put […]
Throughout human history the Moon has been an inextricable, ghostly presence above the Earth. Its gentle gravitational tug sets the rhythm of the tides, while its pale light illuminates the nocturnal nuptials of many species. Entire civilisations have set their calendars by it as it has waxed and waned, and some animals – such as […]
[article from Stuff] – Somewhere, somehow, 49 kilometres have gone missing in New Zealand. Government agencies don’t know where they are. Neither do a range of local boards, experts and transport policy wonks. But what we do know is this: at opposite ends of the country, in Bluff (in the south) and Cape Rēinga (in the […]
How long would it take to drive to the sun? Longer than you think. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is around 93 million miles. Theoretically, If a person drove a car (with an unlimited amount of fuel) at a speed of 93 miles an hour (about 150 km/hr), then it would take […]
… in the middle of nowhere! (PS: can you use your atlas and dividers or compass, along with the signs above, to work out where the middle of nowhere is located?)
