With nowhere to grow, densely packed coastal cities like Singapore are looking to expand onto the water. Matteo Colombo/Getty Images This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about ...

Discover the future of floating with this groundbreaking raft design! This innovative craft combines comfort and stability for an unparalleled experience on the water. Uncover the features that make ...

Fire ants can intertwine their bodies to form a raft-like structure – and we now know these rafts have unusual properties that are difficult to replicate in conventional materials. Studying them may ...

Noah rode out his flood in an ark. Winnie-the-Pooh had an upside-down umbrella. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), meanwhile, form floating rafts made up of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of ...