There’s a reason New Balance remains one of the most popular and competitive sneaker brands on the planet. The company understands that comfort gets your attention, but great design keeps you coming ...

Winter is upon us. And though you may find yourself whiling away these cold months with nothing more than hot cocoa and stories around the fire, it may be that you are called to battle. Perhaps you ...

When it dropped earlier this year, New Balance’s 1080v15 was the biggest overhaul in the running shoe family’s decade-long history. For years, the 1080 was defined by its uber-soft EVA cushioning.

Steel was in short supply during the height of World War II, and there was nothing to be done but invent a replacement. One proposal was called Pykrete, a mixture of ice and sawdust that melted ...

How do you top building the world's largest ice dome? Well, if you're the Eindhoven University of Technology, you build a 40-meter (131-ft)-high model of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica ... and ...

“Pykrete” is an intriguing material—and while it was ultimately deemed unsuitable for military purposes in World War II, it is easy to make at home and experiment with. World War II was the largest ...

I tried to improve pykrete for months, then tossed it off a building. I spent three months of my life trying to figure out pykrete—basically ice with wood pulp mixed in—how it works and how I could ...

Stories of Nazi super weapons have persisted since World War II, and although these are mostly fiction, they can make it seem like only the Axis had wild ideas. Not so! Winston Churchill once gave the ...

Winston Churchill had a project to produce a 2.2 million ton pykrete (ice and wood pulp) aircraft carrier that would have been 1200 meters long and 180 meters wide. This would have made it 3.5 times ...

Jem has set himself another challenge - and this time it requires your help. Difficulty: low Find a suitable material and make your pykrete bars. Time/effort: The bars should be frozen for at least ...