The Cambridge Science Centre at Cambridge University is located close to the serene Cam River, where punting is a popular form of recreation. Punting is an athletic activity and punters there are traditionally fueled by...

I’ve never done this, but now I really want to! Of course, I’ll have to wait until winter and go someplace other than Texas. But the satisfying thud at the end of this quick video will make the journey worth...

(Oh No! It Was Rocket Science t-shirt at the NeatoShop)Debby Witt of the blog VA Viper spotted this article published a year ago in The Atlantic. It refers to a now legendary incident in which a drunken college student a...

(Photo: Don Campbell/Herald-Palladium)(Photo: Don...  ...rly last Saturday, when, in Three Oaks, Michigan, rocketry enthusiasts launched a porta-potty outhouse into...  ...hrusting the Throne, is a program of the Michiana Rocketry Club. The Michigan City News-Dispatch describes t...  ...the Throne Thrusters, an...

(Video Link) This water rocket is no mere toy. George Katz has built a machine that looks like kludge, but is all genius. The first stage rises 163 feet into the air before detaching the second stage, which clears 8...

A couple of years ago, we mentioned that a Danish start-up company was planning to launch a person into space in a cramped capsule. It all seemed rather fanciful, but Copenhagen Suborbitals is really going to do it this...

YouTube user jairust mounted bottle rockets on his motorcycle. He writes: Before you comment on safety remember that they are made of cardboard and balsa wood. You can buy them at walmart, they don't have explosives...