Leon Siciliano
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A liter of oil paint can cost $1,100. Here's why it's so expensive.
Oil paint is simple. It's just a mixture of oil and pigment. But depending on the color and quality, a liter of this paint could cost up to $1,100. → Read More
What makes mānuka honey 100 times more expensive than regular honey
Manuka honey can cost 100 times the price of normal honey, sometimes requiring helicopters to collect it. Mānuka plants of New Zealand are very rare. → Read More
Behind the scenes of 'Walking With Dinosaurs', a show that features 18 life-size realistic animatronic dinosaurs
We went behind the scenes of the "Walking With Dinosaurs" show at the 02 Arena in London and saw how the life-sized Tyrannosaurus Rex is controlled by three different people, and one of them is hidden in a "car" underneath the beast. → Read More
British Airways’ new electric robot has slashed pushback delays by 54% at one of the world's busiest airports — we used it to move a 130-ton airplane
British Airways' new electric mototok robot is reducing pushback delays by 54% at Heathrow Airport. The machine is simple to use and only requires one operator. British Airways allowed us to push back a £200 million aircraft with one after a 15-minute training session. → Read More
'It's coming home': England fans explain the emotional rallying cry of the World Cup
"Football's Coming Home" was originally a song made for Euro 96, but England fans are now making 'it's coming home' memes for the 2018 World Cup and the rest of the world is confused. We got England soccer fans to explain what the saying means and how it has evolved. → Read More
'It's coming home': England fans explain the emotional rallying cry of the World Cup
"Football's Coming Home" was originally a song made for Euro 96, but England fans are now making 'it's coming home' memes for the 2018 World Cup and the rest of the world is confused. We got England soccer fans to explain what the saying means and how it has evolved. → Read More
A professional Pokémon card expert valued our childhood collections — and it's bad news for anyone who thinks they’re sitting on a fortune
Have you ever wondered what your Pokémon cards are worth now? Well, we got an expert in to value ours and it broke our hearts. → Read More
KPMG's US CEO Lynne Doughtie explains why feeling uncomfortable in your job is actually a good thing
Lynne Doughtie says it's important to take risks and ensure you're getting a variety of work. → Read More
Trump didn't sing all the words to the national anthem at college football championship
Reporters at the game said the crowd greeted Trump with 'a loud and mixed roar, which sounded like mainly cheers, smattered with some boos.' → Read More
The first man to walk the Amazon explains how living wild can reset your body and make you happier
Indigenous cultures don't have to deal with the daily stresses of city living. Here's why Ed Stafford thinks living wild can help us reset our bodies. → Read More
A Spanish company has designed a speed bump that won't hinder safe drivers
The speed bump is filled with a non-Newtonian liquid which changes viscosity when pressure is applied at high velocity. → Read More
WATCH: Crowds of people run and hide as shots ring out at a country music festival in Las Vegas
Las Vegas authorities say more than 20 people are dead and 100 people are wounded after a man opened fire on an outdoor concert late on Sunday. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says officers confronted the suspect on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street from the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Authorities say the man is dead. Produced by David Ibekwe Follow… → Read More
Crowds of people run and hide as shots ring out at a country music festival in Las Vegas
Las Vegas authorities say more than 20 people are dead and 100 people are wounded after a man opened fire on an outdoor concert late on Sunday. → Read More
This survival pod can protect you during a tsunami and has provisions for 5 days
It’s made from aircraft grade aluminium so it can withstand high temperatures and large shocks → Read More
The BBC just built an experimental iPlayer that knows who you are by your voice
The BBC has worked with Microsoft to build an experimental version of iPlayer that uses AI to recognise your voice and follow commands. → Read More
A Spanish scientist is making sex robots that he thinks could end sex between humans
Spanish scientist Sergi Santos designed silicone sex dolls with wigs and artificial brains that will not only earn him money but may also be used to staff brothels and help combat sex trafficking. But the arrival of sex robots has divided opinion — this film by the Thomson Reuters Foundation explores the complex issues that have been raised by the increasingly life-like robots. Follow Business… → Read More
Floyd Mayweather’s bodyguards just surrounded Conor McGregor as tensions rose at their New York press conference
A small scuffle breaks out after Mayweather's bodyguards surround McGregor at a press conference in New York. → Read More
This speed bump is filled with liquid that hardens if you go too fast
A Spanish company has designed a speed bump that won’t hinder slow drivers but will still stop motorists driving too fast. The speed bump is filled with a non-Newtonian liquid which changes viscosity when pressure is applied at high velocity. They have been installed in Villanueva de Tapia, Spain and there has also been interest from Israel and Germany. Follow Business Insider Australia on… → Read More
Watch paper cut straight through wood and plastic with ease
As the paper rotates centrifugal force makes its particles move outwards. This is what makes it rigid enough to cut through wood or plastic. → Read More
This one easy trick with toilet roll tubes will keep wires tidy and save you space
Throughout our lives, we all accumulate a lot of electrical wires and most of us just shove them into a box somewhere in the house. This causes problems when we need to use one of the wires because we have to spend ages untangling them all to get the one we want — but it doesn’t have to be this way. You can use leftover toilet roll tubes to keep all your wires tidy, separate, and it also saves… → Read More