While perhaps not as iconic as the paper crane, the hypar origami with its sweeping opposing arcs and saddle shape has long been popular for artists working in the paper folding tradition. Now ...

Surprisingly elegant engineering and rigorous testing goes into the production of chips. Not the micro kind that are running your computer but the potato, corn, and tortilla kind whose crumbs are all ...

How do you solve the problem of wildlife crossing a major highway? Build a bridge! On Sunday, the NY Times reported that Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates (MVVA) was named winner of an innovative ...

Remember when science fairs were all about simulated volcanoes and locker alarms? Amateur stuff. These kids, both fresh out of sixth grade, are sitting at a lunch table and talking about tensile ...

Many religions would tell us our purpose in life is to ease suffering wherever we can. And if that's the truth, this wonderfully small invention may be the pinnacle of geometry genius Chris Heyring's ...

The house was built in 1956 by Donald Dean, an associate professor of engineering at Kansas University. It's now owned by Randy and Kathleen Masten, who are living this year in Washington, D.C. Tom ...

Berkeley - Forget boxers Oscar de la Hoya and Shane Mosley. The fastest punches are delivered by a lowly crustacean - the stomatopod, or mantis shrimp. With the help of a BBC camera crew and the loan ...

A Mid-Century Modern home in New Canaan, Connecticut, with no interior walls has hit the market for $2.75 million. Built in 1961, the Evans House—named for its architect, James Evans—is topped with an ...