Category:Transport
Why were wingsuits invented?
These special suits enable people to glide through the sky at hundreds of kilometres per hour
Building recycled plastic roads
We can pave a future out of the plastic problem by turning it into a kind of tarmac
JOIDES Resolution: The floating laboratory
Meet the science ship that drills holes in the ocean floor to probe the story of the Earth
Inside the Honda e
Discover how battery power is transforming driving as we look inside Honda’s first fully-electric vehicle (Image source: Honda) In today’s world we always have somewhere to be, and many of us rely on cars to...
5 facts about electric aeroplanes
(Image credit: Alec Wilson/ Wikimedia Commons) 1. Flying locally There is a big demand for small electric planes: 2 billion tickets are sold each year for flights shorter than 800 kilometres. 2. Centuries of progress Although the...
Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic Explorer
How did the much-anticipated 20th century snow cruiser fare in this challenging continent? (Image credit: United States Antarctic Service/ Wikimedia Commons) Antarctica has been a key scientific research site for centuries. With its vast uninhabited frozen...
E-scooters: the future of travel
Electric scooters are gaining ground – should you get one when you want to get moving? (Image credit: Marat Mazitov/ Unsplash) Electric vehicles are big business, but up until now the market has concentrated...
