INSANE: 2 | Vintage Vibes

Mate Rimac’s Next Car is an Autonomous Robotaxi Called Verne

It’ll hit the streets starting in 2026.

Motor1 · Jun 26, 2024

An appetite for adventure

Meet Nellie Bly the journalist who became famous for travelling around the world in 72 days and beat the fictional record set by Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s classic novel Around the World in 80 Days.

The Hindu · May 19, 2024

Liu Cixin: ‘I’m often asked – there’s science fiction in China?’

Author of sci-fi epic The Three-Body Problem – newly serialised by Netflix – on ‘the greatest uncertainty facing humanity’ and how finding a secret copy of a Jules Verne novel inspired his career

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Around the World in 80 Days review – Fogg on the Lune

Sam Jones brings innocent charm to the role of Jules Verne’s hero in an outdoor version that roams around the park if not quite the globe

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

Classic literature still offers rich lessons about life in the deep blue sea

When OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration enterprise, created a promotional video for its ill-fated US$250,000-per-head trip to see the wreck of the Titanic, it told prospective passengers to “Get ready for what Jules Verne could only imagine – a 12,500-foot journey to the bottom of the sea.” Those behind the video…

The Conversation · Jul 12, 2023

What causes the strange green flash at sunset and sunrise on Earth?

There are very special cases, when the sky is very clear and exceptionally transparent, that a green flash can be glimpsed just as the very topmost part of the sun is rising or setting.

Space · Jun 24, 2023

"I do like a good yarn!" Rick Wakeman and Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

As he prepared to bring a live version of his classic solo album to the stage 40 years later, Rick Wakeman looked back on the epic Journey To The Centre Of Earth

Louder · May 3, 2023

Meet the Texan octogenarians 'taking an adventure' around the world in 80 days

Taking inspiration from Jules Verne's novel Around the World in 80 Days, Ellie Hamby and Sandy Hazelip are currently completing the Australian leg of their journey.

ABC News · Mar 27, 2023

New film explores Scotland's 'fascinating' historic connections with Europe

A NEW film delving into Scotland’s historic connections with Europe by Billy Kay is set to be released this week.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 5, 2022

The not-so-queer case of Disney's flop

The far right is blaming the inclusion of a gay son for its failure. Of course that isn't why, but there are others

Salon · Dec 2, 2022