Explainer: What is chaos theory?
It’s common to hear the term chaos used to describe seemingly random, unpredictable events. The energetic behavior of kids on a bus ride home from a field trip might be one example. But to scientists,...
View Article‘Feathering’ helps explain Gentoos’ record-breaking swim speed
Listen to this story: Have feedback on the audio version of this story? Let us know! Gentoo penguins cut through water with shocking speed. These Antarctic birds are only about the size of human...
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How green is your online life?
This is another in our series of stories identifying new technologies and actions that can slow climate change, reduce its impacts or help communities cope with a rapidly changing world. In today’s...
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The movie Frozen inspired the icy, 3-D printing of blood vessels
Superhighways of vessels beneath our skin transport blood and nutrients. These natural pathways branch out like tree limbs to help our body move food and oxygen to our organs. Our bodies make vessels...
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Holey basketballs! 3-D printing could be a game-changer
Thump, thump, thump — swoosh! Basketballs have been dribbled across courts and shot through the air for nearly 150 years. In all that time, the look and feel of those balls has remained almost the...
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