October 25, 2014

Google's vice president for search, Alan Eustace broke the record for falling from the stratosphere, set only two years ago in the well-publicized operation of the Austrian Felix Baumgartner. This time the preparations for the event were kept secret. It took off to an altitude of 42 km from the abandoned Roswell Air Force Base, New Mexico, where the first record was set in 1960 by Colonel Joseph Kittinger of the US Air Force. Photo: Paragon Space Development Company.

An executive at Google broke the record for skydiving from a great height (video)

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A panoramic view from the Oprotonite spacecraft reveals the Dubiak Ridge, looking north from left foreground to center. The footprints of the space vehicle in the field are visible on the right side of the image. Photo: NASA

The "Opportunity" spacecraft shows a panoramic image of the Dubiac Ridge on Mars

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The swordfish. Illustration: shutterstock

The very thing about the swordfish

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Turning rice waste into bioplastic. Illustration: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

The plastic products we use can be produced from food waste instead of oil

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