When we think of space travel today, what comes to mind would probably be the International Space Station (ISS), with all their astronauts and cosmonauts. Although there has long been talk of space tourism, where the non-scientist can visit space for fun, Russian company Orbital Technologies is taking it a step further with its plans [...]

I’ve hardly ever posted things about my home country on this blog, so let’s show you something different today. Here’s a popular past-time in Malaysia this time of the year, it’s known as the Ramadan Buffet. Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic calendar when Muslims round the world enter into a period of [...]

Digital cameras have long been used photograph faraway stars and planets. While this technology is nothing new, the billion-pixel camera on the Gaia Spacecraft, to be launched by the European Space Agency in 2013 is nothing short of amazing. Gaia’s camera is said to be among the largest of its kind to ever exist, and [...]

Comic books are such a part of popular culture today that almost anyone will have read them at some point of their lives. It hasn’t been unheard of for you to be able to study the craft in places like Japan, but it must be a first for any university to offer the subject as [...]

Time for a little architectual geekery this week, with the world’s first proper zombie-proof house. Anyone who’s ever watched a decent zombie movie (28 Days Later, anyone?) or played one of those nightmare-inducing zombie games (say, Left 4 Dead), will want this zombie-proof house as their humble abode. Designers KWK Promes has dubbed the design [...]