Some Detroit residents spend as much as 25% of their disposable income on water bills. Many are struggling to keep up.

At a recent dental appointment, I was unexpectedly seen by a new provider in my longtime dentist’s practice. Early in the visit, he realized we were both Iranian American. Like me, he had been born ...

A three year study of Tanzanian children found that changing the way homes are designed can prevent diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria, and help children grow taller.

Agriculture is the lifeblood of Africa. More than 60% of African households depend directly or indirectly on the land for their livelihoods. And the continent has nearly 60% of the world’s ...

For two decades, researchers have studied soccer ball aerodynamics. Latest tests suggest the 2026 ball is more stable, but with a slightly shorter range.

Do you actually know how a bicycle or a zipper work, or what a penny or a common brand logo look like? Intellectual humility can help reduce overconfidence in what you don’t understand.

Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan Vana Goblot, Lecturer in Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, ...

Reese Hufnagel, Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Wisconsin-Stout Some engineers are prioritizing ‘design for demise’ and planning satellites that are more likely ...

Fulufhelo Netswera, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Postgraduate Studies, University of Venda Circular economies don’t follow the ‘take, make and dispose’ model but try to keep products in use ...

Despite the deadliness of the disease, it was possible to recover from plague, and medieval chroniclers mention the possibility – however unlikely – of survival.

Overseas US military bases are integral to combat operations and can burnish the country’s image to advance its foreign policy goals.

A former artist turned art forger, Lori Butler (Michaela Coel) poses a deceptively simple question at the heart of Steven Soderbergh’s new film, The Christophers: does it really matter who paints an ...