On 101st south of Rockaway Boulevard, the silent Martian tripod war machine surveyed the small town just before blasting it with a Heat-Ray. (It’s actually a water tower associated with the building ...

The controversial depiction of a War of the Worlds machine on a Royal Mint design was actually an artistic choice. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

The two-pound coin from the Royal Mint features imagery from Wells’s books. But fans noted that the writer’s Martian tripods have three legs, not four. By Johnny Diaz The idea was to create a ...

War of the Worlds: Goliath is an animated steampunk epic and unofficial sequel to War of the Worlds. In 1900, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The Martian's 80 ft tall ...

The UK’s Royal Mint has revealed the new 50-pence coins it has struck to celebrate Victorian fossil hunter Mary Anning. But eagle-eyed pedants (of whom we know a ...