If you're a human, you've probably always been fascinated with liquid nitrogen. The freezing temperature. The sweet smoking effect. Hell, even the container that held liquid nitrogen was cool. And if you combine liquid nitrogen with slow motion, things get even better. Watch flowers and fruit get dipped into liquid nitrogen and then smashed into smithereens in slow motion. It's like seeing breaking glass explode. [Distort via Test Tube] Read More >>
Don't you just hate it when your bottle of Coke gets warm in the blazing summer sun we occasionally get here? And that when you're done drinking, you're left lugging around an empty plastic bottle? Well, not any more, because Coca Cola's just started making bottles entirely out of ice. Read More >>
Featured comment by klinkenberg:
"Standing on the motorway is more dangerous than tap water. That doesn't make tap water good for us. I was disagreeing with your original comment tha..." More »
Turning water into ice usually takes a lot of time. Not for this guy though, he magically turns liquid water into frozen ice. It's instantaneous! Seriously, just watch water get poured from the bottle and then freeze immediately. What kind of sorcery is this? Read More >>
Photographer Ray Demski recently decided to take climbers and a photography crew to a bridge in Avers, Switzerland; light an ice wall and then shoot the climbers once it got dark. The results are pretty awesome, which is not surprising, because this whole plan was...pretty awesome. Read More >>
It's March, which mean it's still a little colder than you want it to be. Which means eventually you'll ask yourself why in the hell is it still cold. Which will lead to yourself questioning why does it have to be cold at all? And then you'll see this converted silo in Cedar Falls, Iowa and the cold, winter, slushy snow, all of it will make complete sense. The world gets cold so that people can create an epic ice climbing wall. Read More >>
Buildings made of ice. We're not talking about that novelty bar you visited on a trip to Vegas. We're talking incredible, impressive, complete structures, built in the grand tradition of Ice Palaces all over the world. Read More >>
Featured comment by Indy Sidhu:
"Amazing, although I have trouble walking on ice as it is let along in a solid structure made of ice, what is this, Mexico?" More »
In the tiny arctic village of Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, dusk lasts most of the day at this time of year. Against the dramatic and ever-evolving pink and purple sky sits a structure that looks like a cross between a sleek nightclub and an igloo from outer space: Lapland's storied IceHotel, the world's largest and longest-running luxury hotel made entirely of frozen water. Read More >>
Featured comment by fancyabrew:
"Stayed there a few years ago (it was a price in a Microsoft IT design competition that I won) really good, went to see the northern lights on snowmobi..." More »
It's pretty damn cold in Blighty at the moment. Someone left the hose out overnight when it was freezing, and in the morning, he had awesome cylinder ice. His wife probably yelled at him, but that is one happy accident. Read More >>
The Met Office is predicting zero-degree temperatures for the rest of the week for most of Blighty, which means ice on the roads and pavements. There's nothing quite like busting your arse on the ice when you're just trying to get to work. Boot chains can help keep you keep upright, but there's no need to shell out for a pair when you can just whip up your own for a lot less. Read More >>
Featured comment by taziuk:
"Why can't Brits just shovel their walks like everyone else in the world?
https://www.gov.uk/clear-snow-road-path-cycleway" More »
This beautiful alien landscape is right here on Earth: a never-ending sea of ice flowers quietly floating over a thinly frozen sea. These strange ice structures are very rich in salt and bacteria—and very hard to pick, according to oceanography doctoral candidate Jeff Bowman. Read More >>
As we trudge through December toward Christmas, snowfall becomes increasingly likely (bringing our transport infrastructure to a grinding halt). But while it may be a pain in the arse when it falls, up close it looks incredibly beautiful — as these photographs demonstrate. Read More >>
Winter is breathing its nasty breath all over your best intentions. You want to keep up your running routine, but the pavements are getting slippery with rain, or worse, ice. With just a few adjustments, we'll teach you how to laugh in Old Man Winter's hoary face. Read More >>
Featured comment by magicguppy:
"Yeah, it's amazing how less buggered your legs feel after a couple of miles. I guess an extra few cm on your stride counts for a lot more impact to de..." More »
If you don't want to spend the entire winter wearing clunky boots, these elastic Nordic Grip Mini straps feature a pair of metal spikes that give any pair of shoes enough grip to tackle snow and ice. Strapping them on is as easy as putting an elastic band around your wrist, and they're available in three colours for just £9 a pair. Read More >>
Featured comment by theran24:
"I can't imagine they'd stay on very well. Play.com sells proper grips for the same price: http://www.play.com/Sports-Outdoors/Outdoors/-/4853/4115/-/2..." More »
Water on the moon is nothing particularly revelatory. But a new study suggests that H20 on the surface of the Earth's nearest neighbor comes from a most unlikely place: the Sun. Read More >>
Featured comment by AtomicFire:
"Just to be pedantic, please just say water - it should be a subscript 2 and an 'O' not a zero in H2O. Much much easier to just say water, and you won..." More »