Engineering
Scientists Are Trying to Crack the Recipe for the Perfect Plant-Based Eggs
With new ingredients and processes, the next generation of substitutes will be not just more egg-like, but potentially more nutritious
Engineers Choose the Ten Best STEM Toys to Gift in 2024
Creative circuitry and rolling robots make up this year’s top toys for teaching kids to love science, technology, engineering and math
Archaeologist Discovers Two Neolithic Stone Circles in England, Supporting a 'Sacred Arc' Theory
The idea suggests prehistoric people built a ring of stone circles in modern-day Dartmoor National Park around the same time that Stonehenge was created—and the new finds have just added another piece to the puzzle
New 3D Bioprinter Could Build Replicas of Human Organs, Offering a Boost for Drug Discovery
The invention uses light, sound and bubbles to quickly create copies of soft tissue that might one day support testing individualized therapies for cancer and other diseases
How the Arrival of an Endangered Bird Indicates What’s Possible for the L.A. River
Could the waterway that the city was built around make a comeback?
How the Groundbreaking Suez Canal Forever Transformed the World's Shipping Routes
The massive global shortcut linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas took ten years to dig through the Isthmus of Suez and was built on the path of an ancient canal
How British College Students Convinced Authorities That Flying Saucers Were Invading the U.K.
To raise awareness for a charity event, aspiring engineers planted six UFOs across southern England on a single day in 1967
Salmon Make a Long-Awaited Return to the Klamath River for the First Time in 112 Years, After Largest Dam Removal in U.S.
Chinook salmon spark excitement among local Klamath Tribes, who have advocated for decades to restore the flow of the river in California and Oregon
Bionic 'Pilots' Compete for the Gold at the Cybathlon
In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday life
Workers Just Started Building the World's First 3D-Printed Hotel in the Texas Desert
In the dusty landscape surrounding the city of Marfa, a huge 3D printer is constructing 43 new rooms and 18 residential homes as part of an expansion of El Cosmico
Colossal Stone Monument Built 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge Shows Neolithic Engineers Understood Science
A recent study of the Menga dolmen in Spain reveals complex construction techniques used roughly 6,000 years ago
Two Ancient Wells Discovered in England Suggest Even the Romans Used Trial and Error
After the first well collapsed, the local builders incorporated wooden planks to hold up the walls of the second
Humans Could Warm Up Mars for Space Travelers by Spraying Tiny Metal Rods Into Its Atmosphere
Researchers propose a new technique for making the Red Planet more habitable by engineering heat-trapping nanoparticles from Martian dust
Ancient Egyptians May Have Used Hydraulic Lift to Build Pyramid
Researchers propose that a system of water could have lifted heavy stones to the height necessary to construct the Step Pyramid
Ancient Rome's Appian Way Is Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The 500-mile-long stone highway is Italy's 60th property to receive the designation
Why Is the Paris Olympics Running Track Purple?
The track incorporates recycled mussel and clam shells in a bid to help make the Summer Games the most sustainable yet
This Bronze Age Ship Replica, Made From Reeds and Goat Hair, Just Sailed 50 Nautical Miles
Researchers constructed the vessel using a list of materials found on a 4,000-year-old clay tablet
New Bionic Leg and Surgical Procedure Allow People to Walk With More Control After Amputations
The experimental surgery connects two muscles in the legs of people with below-the-knee amputations, allowing them to control a prosthetic limb with their brain
Researchers Make a Smiling Robotic Face From Living Skin
The team designed a new way for their lab-grown skin to adhere to the robot's face, in a creation that could help produce soft robots or train plastic surgeons
China Brings Samples From the Moon's Far Side to Earth in First-Ever Feat
The China National Space Administration retrieved more than four pounds of lunar soil samples, which scientists hope will shed light on the early history of Earth and the moon
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