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As the image updates that we reported last week have now made it to Google Maps, there's now almost complete coverage of the whole of England, and we've had a ton of great locations submitted. So to kick off we're…

This is Barra Airport, located on the hebridean island of Barra. Now, I know what you're thinking, it's something along the lines of "No, you idiot, that's a beach!". You're exactly right: Barra airport is the beach. In fact, it's…

The Cutty Sark was the last of the extreme clippers, built in 1869 to transport tea from China. Probably the most famous ship in the world, the Cutty Sark was this morning severely damaged by a large fire, which police…

Synchrotrons are just a fancy type of particle accelerator. I'm not the world's greatest physicist but, as far as I understand it, they are circular accelerators that use an electricity field to speed up sub atomic particles to something near…

Astute readers will point out that we've already had part four of the famous series "Keeping up with the Joneses", but I'm going back to trampolines for the missing part - get ready for the stupidly titled Keeping Up With…

There are about 80 known whale species around the globe, the largest of which is of course the Blue Whale, which can measure up to a massive 30m long. Such a giant beast should easily be visible on the aerial…