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 ...

Learn and experience Japanese art, from taking part in an origami workshop to watching an Aikido demonstration, on Sunday, Sept. 14. “Japan Sunday 2025,” hosted by the Consulate-General of Japan in ...

Researchers have folded their way into a groundbreaking new family of origami patterns. Dubbed bloom patterns, because they resemble flowers as they unfold, the new class of origami shapes holds great ...

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, ...

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

A new virus, marathon running, and returning to the moon. Dr. Karl: Eyesight, wind and colour How climate change affects food production, a new way to treat type 1 diabetes and origami Naked ...

A trip down memory lane: science in 2019, month by month Bianca Nogrady : Australian fires, dolphin snot and puffin tools Dr Karl: Fossils, Magnetic Fields and Smart Phone AI A new virus, marathon ...

TOKYO — A single bottlenose dolphin is believed to be behind a series of attacks on swimmers at a Japanese seaside town — possibly out of loneliness. Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Aug. 20 that ...

Nearly 50 beachgoers have been attacked in the past three years. Some marine experts suspect it may be the work of a single “lonely” dolphin. By Hisako Ueno and Yan Zhuang At the beaches along an ...

Here's what you need to know before you make your next sandwich. It's a trusted, easy, go-to lunch. A few pieces of bread, some mayo, dijon, celery, and a simple can of tuna. Or so you thought. As you ...

In 1936, the British mathematician Alan Turing came up with an idea for a universal computer. It was a simple device: an infinite strip of tape covered in zeros and ones, together with a machine that ...