Monster Machines

With thousands of cars passing through every day, blasting the walls with dirty exhaust, it only makes sense that…

The USS Zumwalt, a Navy destroyer years in the making, is a floating piece of technological wonder. But the neatest…

I’ve always wondered exactly who is buying Train Simulator 2015, because driving around virtual heavy machinery…

As a fan of huge machineries I have watched this time lapse video at least five times in a row, and I am still…

It’s a clash of gods, science, lava, stars, and the law for the Thirty-Meter Telescope in Hawaii. The would-be new…

April 10, 1990: This is what happens when you unfurl a massive parachute in the world’s largest wind tunnel.

Back in the day, humans chopped down forests the old-fashioned way: lumberjacks with axes. Obviously, a 20,000-pound…

You’re probably aware that normal elevators make use of counterweights, which reduce the amount of energy it takes…

Normally, you wouldn’t think of a vehicle used to clean rivers as being particularly cool. But I challenge you to…

Construction equipment is cool as a rule. Comically-large contruction equipment? So much better. Get your fix with…

Water-bombing aircraft are pretty standard wildfire-fighting equipment. Helicopters that spew fire onto the forest?…

Like new cars, new telescopes come with their own unique smell. Unlike cars, telescopes are delicate enough that…

On the 1st of July, 1960 Avro pilot Tony Blackman climbed into the cockpit of a Hawker Siddeley Vulcan delta wing…

Here comes yet another drone-zapping laser: A German missile manufacturer built this Death Star-like beam to protect…

Is this the Gordian knot of the 21st century? Or a high-tech Medusa? Or maybe both? Well, this photograph was taken…

These enormous devices you can see in this fisheye photo are the main parts of remote manipulator arms at the Los…

Scientists love their toys. Monster machines, delicate precision devices, even those finicky electronic brats that…

This simple animation shows you just how immense the European Extremely Large Telescope is going to be compared to…

This breathtaking photo shows the intense orange beam of a new 22-watt laser pointed at the planet Saturn. Wait,…

American aerospace engineers test rocket engines in large outdoor test stands far away from densely populated areas,…