The cars of the 1939 New York World’s Fair

In July 1937, the Great Depression had eased to the point where the U.S. unemployment rate had dropped below 11%, but the ...
New Atlas

Human-scale cardboard aircraft came surprisingly close to real flight

At first glance, a flyable airplane made of cardboard sounds almost like a joke – the sort of thing that collapses long before it ever leaves the ground. But YouTuber and serial tinkerer Peter Sripol ...

Have a 3D Printer? You Can Make Your Own iPhone Fold Dummy

Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that's set to come out in September 2026, and rumors suggest that it will have a ...
Amazon S3 on MSN

Constructing a giant plane entirely from cardboard

A large-scale model plane constructed entirely from cardboard. Investigators seize luxury goods over alleged fraud MLK Day ...

How a simple animal folds itself with origami-like precision

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...
autoevolution

Tiny Spacecraft Burns Plastic to Generate Cheaper Thrust in Space

The Dual Propulsion Experiment (DUPLEX) developed by Champaign-Urbana Aerospace uses Teflon and Delrin to generate thrust.
Scientific American

Two Möbius Strips Combine to Create a Bizarre Object That Only Exists in 4D

In geometry, there are surfaces that do without an inside or outside—and some need at least four dimensions to exist ...