Huge radio-controlled cardboard airplane made at home with cereal boxes, this time the only thing not made with cardboard is the fuselage, since this kind of cardboard is not strong enough to stand ...

A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into ...

The 17-year-old victim was staying at a hotel in Tunisia last week when she and a younger relative were targeted by the middle-aged male hotel worker as they left the ladies' toilet.

Every time I hear a knock at the door, I presume it’s the fashion police coming to arrest me for my sartorial sins. For most of my life, I’ve looked as though I got dressed in a blackout. Much of what ...

It may have its roots in science fiction, but a small number of researchers are making real progress trying to create computers out of living cells. Welcome to the weird world of biocomputing. Among ...

Pencils, an ubiquitous tool around the world massively used by students, particularly those enrolled in primary and secondary education, are normally not the product of a recycling process. Yet, ...