(CNN)-- From the Epic of Gilgamesh, composed in Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago, to Evan Almighty -- Hollywood's 2007 take on the Noah's Ark story -- floods and their catastrophic effects have long ...

Floating offshore wind made a remarkable splash this fall. As two much-watched projects sailed toward construction, optimism about the industry’s accelerated growth was buoyed by projections from the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Spongebob, Mickey Mouse and of course Snoopy. They're all staples of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! This annual tradition mixes art, music, and science for millions of viewers.

The Atlantic island of Bermuda has long looked like a geological magic trick, a lonely volcanic peak apparently hovering in the middle of the ocean with no obvious engine beneath it. Now a new picture ...

Google's Project Loon, bringing internet connectivity to out of the reach areas using balloons, sounded ridiculous at first. Turns out, according to Google Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai, that ...

The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, created by the California College of Arts' Architectural Ecologies Lab, will be deployed in the San Francisco Bay later this year. (Courtesy Architectural Ecologies ...

Legend has it that the ancient Greek scientist Archimedes discovered the law of buoyancy in a bath and ran naked through the streets of Syracuse shouting “eureka!” – or “I have found it”. That is, the ...