The satellite launch system "Sea Launch" is moored in the Long Beach Harbor, Long Beach, California. Satellites are launched from the "Odyssey Launch Platform", a semi-submersible former oil rig, after it has been towed out to the equator. The platform…

Well this is getting ridiculous... First we had drawing-pins, then scotch tape, and then even more scotch tape. And now? A giant post-it note in Thailand. Told you it was ridiculous. Thanks to DC.

When we started this site back and April (and were immediately overwhelmed with the huge amount of interest we received), we joked about getting boingboinged, although we never imagined that it would really happen. However, after 6 months and over…

Here's a totally awesome image of an enormous supertanker speeding along just off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Only ships above 250,000 tonnes are considered true supertankers, and due to their massive size and weight, their stopping distances are…

This is a Children's science center in Wichita, Kansas called Exploration Place. Alongside the weird shaped buildings there's some quite nice looking gardens, which I believe incorporate a mini golf course. The official website has a ground level photo at…

Mission San Luis de Apalachee is a reconstruction of a 17th century Spanish Mission right in the middle of Tallahassee, Florida. Sightseer Shannon said: I worked as an archaeological tech out there a few years ago. The thing that looks…