A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...
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 ...
Ghost always knew when it was showtime. Stretching her eight arms across the tank, the octopus would glide mid-water almost as if she were dancing, leaving admirers on the other side of the glass ...
British renewable energy provider Octopus Energy said this week that it’s spinning off Kraken, its tech platform for utilities, spurred in part by $500 million in committed annual revenue from other ...
All eight arms of an octopus can be used for whatever their cephalopod owner wishes, but some arms are favored for certain tasks. A new, detailed analysis of how octopuses wield their famously ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus beloved by aquarium visitors, is entering senescence, the final stage of her life.
Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...
BYU Engineering is well known for origami-inspired research and innovations, including foldable antenna systems used in space. Recently, an undergraduate student made a significant discovery—a new ...
With Paper Mario: The Origami King, developer Intelligent Systems has once again found a clever new angle from which to explore its spinoff papercraft universe, pitting Mario against an army of ...
“In this instance, the guest leaned her child over the exhibit barrier, allowing him to reach into the habitat without staff supervision,” a rep for the Aquarium told PEOPLE Madison E. Goldberg ...
A 6-year-old boy was left with welts along his arm after an octopus glommed onto him, his mother, Britney Taryn, recounted when speaking about the harrowing experience at a Texas aquarium in a social ...
A 6-year-old boy was hurt when an octopus grabbed on to his arm and wouldn't let go after the boy reached into a touch tank at the San Antonio Aquarium, his mother said. Britney Taryn, the boy's mom, ...