Just outside of Lebanon, Oregon, it appears that a lorry has shed its load of white liquid all over the road. This could however be foam from the nearby fire engine, which may have been used to douse flames, or…

Last Sunday saw the swearing in of Boris Johnson, conservative MP for Henley (and renowned committer of gaffes), as the new Mayor of London. This means that, not only will he have power over nearly everything in Greater London, he…

Two more incidences of sabotage discovered - see the end of this post Many people have voiced their concerns regarding the privacy implications of Google's Street View service - but what if there were a way to "opt-out" of having…

Just off the coast of Portsmouth, England, we can a group of sailing vessels engaged in some competitive harbour or buoy racing. The vessels just rounding the buoy as the image was captured were facing some stiff competition, but the…

At Beijing's huge Capital International Airport, it looks as if disaster is about to strike. As one unsuspecting propeller plane begins its take-off, it seems completely unaware that a large jumbo jet is hurtling towards it, also ready to leave…

A star fort or trace italienne is a type of military fortification first introduced in Italy around the mid-fifteenth century. Traditional medieval castles, towers and ring forts had proved extremely vulnerable to increasingly mobile cannons, and star forts were introduced…