The mirror spider can rapidly shift a patchwork of minuscule reflective plates underneath its abdomen’s outer surface, altering the pattern of mirrorlike flashes. This uncommon display comes from ...

A mysterious visitor from the stars is currently challenging everything we thought we knew about interstellar wanderers. Thelatest data from the Hubble Space Telescope has just added a sharp and ...

Photo by Jeff Tome Pictured are bees on hexagonal honeycomb. Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones based on natural ...

As semiconductor process nodes scale down to 5nm and below, the complexity of Integrated Circuit (IC) design grows exponentially, and design rules evolve from simple one dimensional constraints into ...

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Many websites and apps use UX to quietly manipulate users. But business leaders can no longer afford to ignore the deployment of ...

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...

Step into the themed entertainment field with Purdue’s Themed Entertainment Design Certificate. Whether you're an engineer, designer or artist, this flexible program will help you create immersive ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...