Science

Fifty years ago, “fractal” was born.In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined the term to describe a family of rough, fragmented shapes that fall outside the boundaries of conventional geometry. Mathematicians had been describing these...

Victoria Gill, Kate Stephens and Gwyndaf HughesBBC News Science teamElisenda BallesteDr Carlos Preckler, from King Abdullah University in Saudi Arabia, is leading this part of the research and will be trying to measure how almost a century of industrial...

The Haenyeo women who dive deep into the East China Sea to harvest sea urchins and shellfish spend the most time underwater of any humans ever studied — one to five hours a day, researchers report August 18 in Current...

A Ukrainian company says it's developing a new fiber-optic drone with a range of up to 100 kilometers.This would be a major upgrade for what has emerged as one of the most important weapons in the war.Fiber-optic FPV drones...

Until now, additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, of engine components was limited by the lack of affordable metal alloys that could withstand the extreme temperatures of spaceflight. Expensive metal alloys were the only option for 3D printing...

NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Minnesota as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday,...

This November marks a quarter century of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station, which has served as a springboard for developing a low Earth economy and NASA’s next great leaps in exploration, including human missions to the...

Vomiting up a droplet of sugar might not seem like the most romantic gesture from a potential suitor. But for one fly species, males that spill their guts are quite a catch.Drosophila subobscura flies’ peculiar “romantic” barfing might have...

PATo meet this growing challenge, the LFB says it has invested in new technologies and equipment.Drones now play a critical role in wildfire response, providing real-time aerial views that help commanders map fire spread and direct resources where they...

“Manufacturing is the engine of society, and it is the backbone of robust, resilient economies,” says John...