Everything you thought you knew about winter tires but didn’t
Snow actually makes winter tires grip better.
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Can you guess the tiny objects in these zoomed-in photos?
What you see may not be what it seems.
These infrared images show just how alive butterflies’ wings are
From the iridescent blue wings of the Eumaeus atala butterfly to the painted lady’s signature fiery orange, it’s no secret butterflies have some pretty captivating flappers. For a long time, it seemed as if the insects achieved such radiance through sets of lifeless cells. But now, new research suggests a butterfly’s wings actually contain a network of living cells that serve a key purpose: to carefully regulate wing temperature.
How The North Face uses a spiderweb-like layer in its new jackets to keep you dry
If you’ve ever sported a waterproof, breathable rain jacket, you can credit a special kind of membrane in it for keeping you dry but letting your sweat escape.
This new gold nanomaterial is so thin, it’s considered 2D
Scientists created a new gold-containing nanomaterial that is one million times thinner than a human fingernail and one-fifth as thin as the diameter of a strand of human DNA.
How Nike engineered its latest record-breaking marathon shoe
Today, Nike released its third iteration of its marathon racing shoe, which the company is calling the Next%. Here’s the science of what makes it fast.
Magnets make the Leatherman Free P2 multitool shockingly easy to use one-handed
Leatherman’s Free P2 has 19 tools you can get at with one hand.
It takes more than rubber to make a boot sole that’s less than a millimeter thick
On the hiking trail, every pound matters, so even a thin outsole can help cut weight.
Your future smartphone could fix its broken screen by pulling carbon from the air
Plants self-repair and regenerate naturally. Your devices could soon do the same.
Black widow spiders could teach nanomaterial experts a thing or two
Black widow silk fluid features nano-sized structures, researchers have found.