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Alexander Clark

Latest Articles by Alexander Clark

Archeology

The Antikythera diver expeditions still recover treasure after 2,000 years

August 31, 2026

Animals

The vampire squid survives in oxygen so thin almost nothing else can

August 31, 2026

Cars

The Ford GT40 was built for revenge and beat Ferrari at Le Mans

August 31, 2026

Animals

The Sydney funnel-web spider has fangs that can punch through a fingernail

August 31, 2026

Archeology

Machu Picchu’s hidden drains kept the mountain city from sliding away

August 31, 2026

Aircraft

A modified Boeing 747 carried the Space Shuttle across the country on its back

August 31, 2026

Cars

The Nurburgring is a 13-mile track that humbles the world’s fastest cars

August 31, 2026

Extreme Weather

Lake Nyos suffocated 1,700 people overnight with a hidden cloud of gas

August 31, 2026

Consumer Tech

The Bagger 288 is a digging machine taller than the Statue of Liberty

August 31, 2026

Aircraft

The Spruce Goose flew once and is still the largest wooden plane ever

August 31, 2026

Cars

The Ford Model T once made up half the cars on the planet

August 31, 2026

Cars

The Bugatti Veyron’s tires cost more than most brand-new cars

August 31, 2026

Astronomy

The Tunguska blast flattened 800 square miles of Siberian forest in 1908

August 31, 2026

Astronomy

The Tunguska blast flattened 800 square miles of Siberian forest in 1908

August 31, 2026

Astronomy

The Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with the force of many atomic bombs

August 31, 2026

Consumer Tech

GPS satellites tick faster than clocks on Earth, and engineers correct for it

August 31, 2026

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