Semi-submersible heavy-lift ships like the BOKA Vanguard transport massive vessels, oil rigs, and cruise ships across oceans.

They weigh thousands of tons, yet they glide across water with ease. Here’s how modern ships float, stop, and stay stable on the open sea.

One such question, asked every now and then, is why humans float more easily in saltwater. There are a few places in the world where this is especially apparent, for example in the Dead Sea, or in the ...

The answer has its roots in Portuguese, Dutch, and English sailors who needed a way to tell how fast they were going in an ...

How fast do cruise ships sail, what do crews get paid and why are bananas on board considered unlucky? The big questions in ...

Earth is reflecting less sunlight, and absorbing more heat, than it did several decades ago. Global warming is advancing ...

One of the coolest pieces of irony about our planet is that the ocean covers most of the surface of the Earth, and yet, the ...

A feel-good story about a small town rallying around an affable, stranded boater has taken an unexpected turn.

From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists ...

Before it met its demise 50 years ago, the ore freighter commissioned by Northwestern Mutual was the rock star of Great Lakes ...

Working in London, producer Adrian Corker, percussionist George Barton, and Japanese singer Tujiko Noriko came up with a new ...

Award-winning Wellington writer Lauren Keenan imagines the role of radio in the life of an everyday New Zealander.