Most of us paste content dozens of times a day without thinking twice about it. The standard Ctrl + V shortcut works well enough for basic tasks, so it is easy to wonder why anyone would bother with a ...

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

“Multiscale Structural Mechanics: Top-Down Modeling of Composite Structures Using Mechanics of Structure Genome” delivers a unified approach to composites modeling based on the concept of structure ...

By the time I find a pen, I already have this app opened and ready to go ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. What is Bluetooth? – Henry, age 13, Somerville, ...

In a lot of home kitchens today, there’s a new red jar that definitely wasn’t there five years ago. It’s not ketchup, even though it has that same promise of intensity. It’s not sriracha either, ...

Greater effort must be made to retain decommissioned airport terminal buildings, writes Anthony Paletta. The legacy of a new airport exerts a magnetic lure in the minds of nearly every politician, not ...