When the two-wheeled, self-balancing Segway Personal Transporter (PT) was revealed to the public in December 2001, it was heralded as a once-in-a generation technology that just might replace the automobile.…
In October 2025, a storm brewed over the Caribbean Sea. Weather models differed on its trajectory. Would it remain weak and end up in Haiti, or would it intensify and…
Voyager 2 recently experienced its own āBig Bangā moment, allowing NASA scientists to squeeze a bit more life out of the intrepid space probe. Nicknamed after the universeās origin story,…
A walk down the tarmac at the National Air and Space Museum of France is guaranteed to thrill aviation enthusiasts. Several civilian and military aircraft of the past and the…
Snails are well-known for their mucus. The slime is highly valued as an anti-inflammatory and anti-aging ingredient in certain skin care products, and snails can secrete different kinds of mucus…
People looking to buy or rent a new home expect to get a good look at the place before writing out a check. Online listing makes this easier with room…
Wherever two fluids slide past each other at different speeds, the boundary between them buckles, then curls, then rolls up into vortexes. Itās called the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, and the physics…
Pipe organs generate their sound thanks to fluid dynamics, but the āfluidā that makes the music is up to whomever builds the instrument. A traditional organ usually blows air through…
A lot of the AI work in biology has been focused on designing proteins. That’s partly because proteins do most of the business of life, catalyzing the interesting chemistry and…
Polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, is most frequently found in pipes, credit cards, plastic bottles, electrical cable insulation, and other everyday items. PVC demand is high, too, with around…