In the small village of Nashtifan, Iran, some of the oldest windmills in the world, with what may be the earliest windmill design in the world, still spin.
This machine sorts small candies (M&Ms and Skittles) by color. It was designed and built by Netherlands-based New Zealander Willem Pennings, who is studying Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven Univers
Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection.
A prototype in a lab at Penn State can beam data at rates of 10 gigabits per second
The benefits of reading should not be understated, even when it comes to living a longer life. A new study finds that reading books in particular returns cognitive gains that increase longevity.
"Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking," says professor and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss. "And therefore what I always think should be the basis of education is not answers, but questions."
Researchers have classified a brand-new organ inside our bodies, one that's been hiding in plain sight in our digestive system this whole time.
Professor Patrick McGovern, a world authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, describes how alcohol had a profound effect on early societies.
OL bronze medalist Jeanette Ottesen was one of the Danish swimmers who used blue light to improve her reaction speed during the Rio Olympics. It is not easy to be at your best as an Olympic swimmer…
Scientists find a surprising relationship between yawning and brain size.
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