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.

Rethinking module geometry beyond the traditional rectangle could increase rooftop PV capacity on irregular buildings by improving packing efficiency and expanding placement options.

The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board. By Alexandra Alter Last February, the writer Coral Hart launched an ...

The Federal Reserve’s policy decisions in recent years have contributed to a worsening of economic inequality in America, and some of the central bank’s policymakers say it’s not a problem they can ...

HEBER CITY, Utah — An artificial intelligence that writes police reports had some explaining to do earlier this month after it claimed a Heber City officer had shape-shifted into a frog. However, the ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a dense, rapidly spinning dead star. But those details are perhaps the least weird thing about it. Using the James Webb Space ...

It isn’t always easy to pinpoint when and how an economic trend takes shape. But if you’re looking for the origins of what some refer to as “Corporate America,” you might wish to stand at 40 West 40th ...

Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. is the president of Ohio State University. Not long after I arrived at Ohio State University, I asked our campus and the broader community to dream together about what the ...

From the Bent Pyramid’s puzzling design to the quarry marks left behind in solid limestone, this feature explores how ancient engineers shaped, lifted, and placed massive stone blocks. Joined by ...

OpenAI is squaring up to TikTok, Google’s YouTube and Meta Platforms with a new social-media app for its AI video generator that allows users to create high-definition video clips with audio from text ...

Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional infrared space observatory, and the James Webb Space ...