What if the future of flight didn’t spin the way we’ve always imagined? Picture an aircraft that hovers effortlessly, maneuvers with surgical precision, and operates so quietly it could glide through ...

When most people think of shapes, they imagine a triangle, a rectangle, or maybe even a fancier-sounding rhombus or trapezoid. But to mathematicians, shapes encompass a vast universe of surprising ...

Unless you grew up on the water, it's very possible you've never given much thought to the anatomy of a fish. Especially if you're used to picking up a cleaned, scaled, and deboned filet from the ...

Imagine a small light fixed to the rim of a bicycle wheel. As the bike moves, the light rises and falls in a series of arches. A long-exposure nocturnal photograph would show a cycloid, the curve ...

RICHMOND, Va. (DC News Now) — The days of using hand-held calculators aren’t entirely gone, but when it comes to testing in Virginia, they’re not as prevalent as they once were. The Virginia ...

Artist Raphaël Zarka has collaborated with local architect Jean-Benoît Vétillard to create a horseshoe-shaped skatepark defined by bold colours in Paris. Built from painted birch plywood, the ...

Former UK Business and Energy Minister Chris Skidmore has launched a new global investment bank that will raise private funds to scale up companies offering the products and services that will deliver ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

On air since 1962, University Challenge has become much-loved for its difficult questions that leave most of its viewers scratching their head in front of the TV. Imperial College London won their ...

Dozens of students gathered to hear Eli Luberoff ’09, the founder of Desmos, give a talk at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking on Saturday. At the event, Luberoff discussed his educational path ...