Boats are such a part of our lives that we may not think twice about all the things that make them tick. We're more than happy to enjoy a ride over the water, but that's one of the more puzzling facts ...

A team of researchers from Institut Langevin and Sorbonne Université has shown that it is possible to float boats on both the top and underside of a suspended fluid. In their paper published in the ...

The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab will be offshore of Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland for three years, in an effort to test its viability as a substrate for futuristic floating cities. JD ...

Floatplanes (aircraft on pontoons) and flying boats (hull designs with wing sponsons) offer distinct water handling; hull planes generally handle rougher water better, while floatplanes are easier for ...

Nick and Sally’s boat sinks! / Nick tries to find out how to build a drawbridge. When Nick and Sally’s boat sinks, they need to build another boat, but don’t know how. A trip to Floating Island helps ...

It might look like a magic trick, or an optical illusion of sorts. But no, your eyes don’t deceive you — that little boat you see above does, indeed, float upside down. A good magician doesn’t reveal ...

Few things are more quintessentially Minnesotan than spending time on one of the state’s 10,000-plus lakes. With Memorial Day and summer approaching, the desire to be on the water is reaching a fever ...