Sometimes the smartest answer isn’t the most technical one. This collection highlights ingenious fixes that cut through ...

When we see a problem, we want to stop and immediately fix it. This is easy enough if the fix takes 30 seconds, such as putting something away or adjusting something askew. But what do you do if ...

While having coffee with an old friend, we talked about our observations with companies lately. He talked about complacency. About people taking short cuts. This was a typical conversation I’ve had ...

A homeless person sleeping on the lawn next to Los Angeles’ City Hall. The city’s new mayor has a program that aims to move 17,000 of the unsheltered off the streets within a year. (David ...

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Ever been stuck in an endless meeting? Source: Ryan McGuire/Gratisography Ever been stuck in an endless meeting? The kind that makes you want to bang your head against a wall and (even though you ...

H. Damon Matthews receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Eric Galbraith receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of ...

Most of the tiny patients confined to the children’s ward at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, are weak, malnourished and dehydrated. They’ve ...

Every time physicists discover something new about the universe, they realize that the world is more complex than they previously thought. Ancient Greeks learned that the physical world can be broken ...

A seemingly straightforward math problem has sparked debate online after leaving social media users confused over the correct answer. The brain teaser, which appears simple at first glance, has ...

In northwestern Montana’s Swan Valley, a pile of about 100 small logs, 10 feet long or so, sits neatly stacked, ringed by berry bushes, a few white wildflowers, and towering larch trees. Surrounding ...