Stealing cars has never been what you'd call realistic in GTA. I mean, yeah, it has you pulling people out of moving vehicles and all that jazz, but when have you ever seen a smashed window? Well, you have now. Read More >>

Normally, we see storms as clouds and rain, but there's invisible power lurking inside. This amazing satellite shot shows that hidden chaos in the form of gravity waves, blasting out from a storm's center like ripples in a pond. Read More >>

You're looking at a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft being refueled by the 151st Air Refueling Wing over southern Idaho last week. But those are just details. What you're really looking at is a shock of beautiful, caught at a moment of technological awesomeness. [Flickr] Read More >>

One of the best things about Rockstar's previous GTA outings has always been the great characters you get to romp around the city as. You don't always love them, but they always add meat to the carnage you unfold on all the unsuspecting street-dwellers. Here's the three you'll be playing in GTA V. Meet Michael, Franklin and Trevor. Read More >>

Information can only travel so fast—but even if it can travel at the speed of light, there would be a natural delay before memes could traverse the entire universe. So where across our neighbouring star systems might some of our favourite pop culture references have ended up by now? Read More >>

A plague of locusts sounds like the kind of biblical torment that we'll never really need to worry about. But they're real, they happen — and boy do they cause trouble. Read More >>

That ammonia leak on the ISS just had to be fixed, and while NASA's got robot slaves in space to do some of its bidding, there are a few things real men still have to do. Fixing stuff like leaks is one of them. Two astronauts had to do an impromptu EVA, fit a new pump, and dive back in. This is what it looked like. Read More >>

If you've ever wondered what your pre-prepared food looks like while it's still sat in the tin, these pictures are probably enough to halt your curiosity — because the answer is: kinda gross. Read More >>

Sketching out some insane-looking beast is all very well, but actually making it, now that's a real challenge. Here's that awesome 503HP VW GTI concept in the flesh, wheels and all. I want one of these beauties parked outside my house. Read More >>

NASA's had Mars on the brain for many, many years, way before it was drawing massive male members in the martian sand. Ever since it sent astronauts to the Moon, NASA's had its sights aimed at the Red Planet. These amazing retro images dug up from the archives show just how NASA thought Mars would be. Read More >>

I play GTA for the fact that you can leave the story and just go on a rampage around the city, making your own fun and seeing just how far you can jump your car, bike, boat or whatever. This is what it'll look like in GTA V. Read More >>

Snapped from Concordia Research Station in Antarctica, this is a photo of the last sunset the base will see for the next three months of permanent darkness. Read More >>

Car crashes are completely awful things. Shattered glass, twisted metal and thousand kilo machines reduced to child's playthings. And that's not even considering the possibility of accidental deaths. Photographer Nicolai Howalt captured the horrors of a car crash by photographing the silent disaster of the aftermath. Read More >>

Dams are as old as civilisation itself, but it’s only been within the last century that humans harnessed the construction savvy to build structures that could submerge valleys and create lakes. Read More >>

A few months ago, NASA sent some Nexus Ones into space to see if a smartphone could hold its own against the million pound satellites already up there. The answer is "not exactly." When it comes to photography, it's probably best to stick with the space-professionals. Read More >>