Would you consider the ubiquitous elevator worthy of a shrine? Apparently this humble-seeming mode of transportation has more devotees in New York City than you’d think. There are two different ...

We’ve explored plenty of subjects revolving around gravity -- in some cases, literally -- but today, it’s a two-for-one special on morbid curiosity. Part One: Could a penny falling from the Empire ...

A 3D model of a space elevator. Credit: Bruce Irving/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The space elevator has been a staple of science fiction for decades, from The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke to the ...

A series of metal plates covers one of the four interior walls of the Elevator Historical Society’s newly opened museum in Long Island City. Placed in the center of the leftmost panel is founder and ...

Researchers gathered at the Space Elevator Conference on Thursday said that an elevator could make transportation to space so much more inexpensive than it is now, that companies could build large ...

LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, today announced the release of “LiftPort — The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone,” a new book on the LiftPort Space Elevator, a revolutionary new ...

MANITOWOC - Rahr-West Art Museum is inviting the public to a ribbon-cutting of its new elevator, which will allow barrier-free access to the mansion section of the museum for the first time in its ...