Science

A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research.  The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API.  A companion WindProbe is also available for quick...

The ability to conjure pictures in the mind’s eye enables us to remember the past and imagine the future. It also allows us to plan, navigate and create works of art. In a study published April 9 in Science,...

Washington — March's persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or...

On the eastern, arid side of the Andes, the plains of southern Argentina stretch from the mountains to the Atlantic coast. The landscape often appears dry and brown, interrupted by colorful glacier-fed lakes, but a storm in early April...

In Hawaii, researchers are literally paving the roads with good intentions. They have come up with an innovative method for putting the island’s plastic pollution to work, covering its roads with asphalt mixed with plastic waste and old fishing...

The oldest fossil octopus isn’t an octopus at all.That’s the conclusion from new research on a perplexing fossil previously thought to be the most ancient record of an octopus. The findings — published April 8 in Proceedings of the...

The Creatures’ Guide to Caring Elizabeth PrestonViking, $30My early days of nursing a newborn felt like I’d transformed into a 24-hour diner. A demanding yet adorable customer flagged me down with piercing cries to demand milk around the clock....

Navigating the world as a blind person sometimes involves using a cane, guide dog or wearable GPS system. For some, this toolkit includes echolocation. Producing tongue clicks and listening for echoes can be enough to gain information about nearby...

Cortisol in hair may be a better indicator of chronic stress in war refugees than a commonly used questionnaire, researchers reported March 19 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists in Denver.That’s the finding from...

The electrons that power our society flow left and right through the circuitry in our electronics, back...