A hands-on physics experiment demonstrates how a basic self-braking pulley works, explaining the forces and friction that allow it to stop itself without extra mechanisms.

After a year of near-daily headlines about changes to vaccine policy, what has actually changed? And what do we need to know?

V-belts had to be tensioned manually, while serpentine belts could be tensioned automatically. They also have more reliable ...

This Christmas Bird Count, we salute the fabulous, underappreciated, common species. Here's to you, house sparrow.

An 11.5-foot, nearly 800-pound great white shark’s movements mark some of the first documented tagged white sharks to travel ...

I made a belt and pulley system to spin a blower faster than the previous rope-and-stick method, aiming for higher air pressure during smelts. Testing clay and cane wheels, including a floating ...

Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds; Paris Fantastique by Nicholas Royle; All Tomorrows by CM Kosemen; The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson; The Witching Hour by various authors ...

Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune ...

In our regular column highlighting the life and careers of new RAeS Members and Fellows, we interview Principal Engineer - ...

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters off Greenland might hold the key.

The game-based apocalyptic drama returns with Walton Goggins' The Ghoul and the crew offering up plenty of frights, tension, ...