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 ...

What’s nearly as strong as concrete, but floats on water? Pykrete! Pykrete is made up of 86% frozen water and 14% wood pulp (such as sawdust or paper). It’s easy to make, durable and strong. That’s ...

Jamie Hyneman (left) and Adam Savage build a newspaper boat, Yesterday's News. A lot of mythology surrounds British inventor Geoffrey Pyke. He supposedly made people come to his bedside to see his ...