By William Pearce In the early 1930s, Alfa Romeo began to build aircraft engines based on foreign designs that it licensed for production.…
The Tesla Coil and its quirky creator The term ‘mad scientist’ could apply to Nikola Tesla. Perhaps he is the very source of…
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The Hiller Flying Platform, the closest design to mimic a magic carpet, still captures the public imagination. The Hiller Aviation Museum houses some…
Although marriages in ancient Egypt were arranged for communal stability and personal advancement, there is evidence that romantic love was as important to…
Big news and lots of happy pictures, as the Dutch and the Danes both confirmed they would be transferring their entire F-16 fleets…
With a long and illustrious military career, there is no doubt that field marshal Erwin Rommel, nicknamed ‘The Desert Fox,’ was a highly…
Reading time: 8 min Research carried out in the last few years have led to the development of new smart and sustainable materials…
By William Pearce Daimler-Benz was formed in 1926 with the merger of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie. Prior to their merger,…
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The number googol equals 1.0 x 10,100, or 1 followed by 100 zeros. To put that into perspective, scientists theorize there are between…
Frank Whittle was born on 1 June 1907 in Coventry, the son of a mechanic. His first attempts to join the RAF failed…