Learn how five simple tricks use physics, motion blur, and misdirection to create striking illusions at home. Each move is carefully explained so even first-time performers can understand why it works ...

A new prototype of a knitting machine creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction—forward, backward and ...

A new prototype of a knitting machine creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction – forward, backward and diagonal ...

A new prototype of a knitting machine creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction – forward, backward and diagonal – so users can construct a wide variety of shapes and add ...

A new imaging method that can reveal objects concealed behind opaque materials like sand, fog and human tissue for instance, has been developed by researchers at the Institut Langevin in Paris and TU ...

At the Met Cloisters in Manhattan, paintings, statuettes and other objects demonstrate that human desire transcends time and cultures. The fictional tale of Phyllis and Aristotle, in which she gets ...

A newly opened exhibition at the China Traditional Culture Museum shows how artisans from Anxi county, Quanzhou, Fujian province, combine bamboo, rattan and metal to create works that enrich living ...

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and more—by ...

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