We talked with author Peter F. Hamilton about Exodus: The Archimedes Engine, a prequel novel to the sci-fi RPG video game ...

The first design uses a transparent plastic sphere as a water vessel. Inside the sphere is placed a small turbine, turned from the outside via a magnetic coupling. This means the sphere can remain ...

They believed that the planets resided on a smaller transparent sphere concentric to the one on which the stars moved. Only over time did astronomers realize that as the Earth moved around the Sun ...

Zorbing is where you do a "Superman dive" into a large, 11-foot transparent sphere full of water and then roll down a 1000-foot hill. You can roll by yourself or with one or two other passengers.