How Industrial-Scale Tar Production Powered the Viking Age
Vikings acquired the capacity to produce tar at an industrial scale as early as the 8th century AD, according to new…
Teen Survives 49 Days at Sea in Drifting Fishing Hut
An Indonesian teenager is safe after spending more than a month and a half at sea in a floating fishing hut, The…
Section of U.S. Warship from WWII Discovered off Alaskan Coast
In August 1943, the USS Abner Read struck a Japanese naval mine while conducting patrols in the Bering Sea. The…
Kayaking Through an Abandoned Shipwreck Is Like Discovering an Ancient Alien Spaceship
Mother Nature has done a good job at dotting the planet with hidden caves and caverns that yield amazing footage once…
Behold, Frankenstein's Star Wars Ships
Yes, you’re seeing that correctly. That is the cockpit pod of a TIE Fighter with some X-Wing foils strapped around it.…
This Pocket-Sized Millennium Falcon Is Smuggling a Toolbox's Worth of Functionality
There is no ship more crucial to the Star Wars saga than the Millennium Falcon, having played a vital role in multiple…
How to Build an Aircraft CarrierÂ
Building a floating city also known as an aircraft carrier is hard as hell to do because the numbers are basically…
Fun Photo Series Puts the Size of Random Huge Objects in Perspective
This wonderful photo series comparing the size of things by Kevin Wisbith is a really fun way to earn some brain…
Build Your Own Starfleet With These Customized 3D-Printed Star Trek Ships
In Star Trek Online, aspiring captains can take the helm of one of more than 400 different ships that can be further…
Monster Storm Throws Thousands of Tons of Cargo Into the Sea
Even a massive cargo ship can sometimes be no match for the massive storms brewing on the world’s oceans. But when you…
Watch a Cruise Ship Get BuiltÂ
Cruise ships are basically giant floating cities. How do you build a giant floating city? Well, it’s pretty much like…
Watch a Cruise Ship Crash Into the Side of the Dock
When you’re as big as this cruise ship—and it’s really big at 964 feet long, 105 feet wide, and 91,000 tons—it can be…
See the World From a Container Ship in This Surprisingly Lovely Video
Climbing aboard a container ship isn’t exactly the most glamorous way to travel, but when the footage is condensed into…
Fun Police: Ship Won't Be Called Boaty McBoatface
Democracy is a sham, if you’re naming a boat at least. Despite Boaty McBoatface winning a public vote as the name for a…
China's Planning to Build Floating Nuclear Power Stations
Finding a site to build a nuclear power plant isn’t straightforward—so why not send them out to sea? That’s what China…
Watch the Titanic Sink in Real Time
It’s not exactly the best Monday morning pick-me-up, but if you were ever curious at just how inaccurate movies about…
Giant Yacht Carrier Sinks into the Water to Swallow Ships and Then Rises to Transport Them
This is fun. Watch as this yacht carrier, the Super Servant 4, lowers its deck into the water so that tiny yachts and…
Check Out All the Largest Flying Boats in History
There really should be more flying boats flying around these days. They’re comically large and equipped with so many…
Watch a Boat Crash Straight into the Dock
It’s like when you’re parking your car in a parking lot and your tire bumps the curb because you went a little too far,…
Battleship Bridges Look Cooler in Real Life Than in the Movies
Looking like some kind of delectable mashup of Tron and The Hunt for Red October, this is actually a view inside the…