Mystery surrounds the origin of cargo thought to be 100-years-old that keeps being washed up around the shores of Britain and northern Europe. The most recent discovery was four rubber squares stamped ...

Complex behaviors can arise from simple mechanics, and that’s demonstrated by a block of rubber that acts as a counter. The block contains beams, and by controlling how the block is compressed, the ...

For the past few years, 100-year-old rubber-like blocks from Indonesia have been mysteriously washing up on beaches in the UK and northern Europe. The Titanic has been suggested as one of the possible ...