Insect gears could change the way you look at engineering
Nature is full of surprises. This is not in itself remarkable, as we know so relatively little about her inner workings.
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Nature is full of surprises. This is not in itself remarkable, as we know so relatively little about her inner workings.
When hiring, promoting, even just putting together your team, you should look for the smartest people in the room, right? Not so fast.
Authorities in Beijing restricted access to Google (GOOGL) services this week, according to Chinese censorship watchdog GreatFire.org, rendering the search engine as well as products like Gmail and Google Calendar inaccessible to millions of Internet users.
Architectural Digest. Wired. Gourmet. Popular magazines and producers of high-quality content, of course -- but educational providers?
The octopus has eight, sucker-lined arms that can grab almost anything, even when the arms have been severed from the body.
With the release of draft EPA carbon regulations today, a lot of commentary suggests we’re entering a new phase in addressing climate change.
Students of Paul Roof -- not to mention the many fans of his award-winning facial hair -- are outraged that he was fired Friday by Charleston Southern University.
Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday to announce the latest features for iPhones, iPads and Macs.
The U.S. House of Representatives early Friday morning approved an increase in overall funding for research at the National Science Foundation but also endorsed an effort to pare social science studies that the agency funds.
There is a new class of planet out there that astronomers are calling the "mega-Earth".