This Graphic Artist's Olympic Pictograms Changed Urban Design Forever
Having lived through Germany's Nazi regime, Otl Aicher went on to pioneer democratic design
View ArticleHow Wheaties Became the 'Breakfast of Champions'
Images of Olympians and other athletes on boxes helped the cereal maintain a competitive edge
View ArticleThe Quest to Build a Functional, Energy-Efficient Refrigerator That Works in...
Designed and tested by Purdue University engineers, this new appliance would lengthen the shelf life of food on long missions
View ArticleHow the Adirondack Chair Became the Feel-Good Recliner That Cures What Ails You
The furniture piece has gone through countless permutations, but it all started at a time when resting outdoors was thought to be a matter of life or death
View ArticleIn the Face of Rising Seas, Are Floating Cities a Real Possibility?
A scale model of Oceanix City, a concept capable of supporting more than 10,000 residents, will be featured in the Smithsonian's upcoming 'Futures' exhibit
View ArticleThe Rugged History of the Pickup Truck
At first, it was all about hauling things we needed. Then the vehicle itself became the thing we wanted
View ArticleResearchers Transfer a Human Protein Into Plants to Supersize Them
While a promising route to boosting crop yields, experts say more work needs to be done to understand why the tweak works
View ArticleThe Lost Art of Molding Ice Cream Into Eagles, Tugboats and Pineapples
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ice cream makers used metal casts to create fanciful desserts
View ArticleFrom Supercomputers to Fire-Starting Drones, These Tools Help Fight Wildfires
As climate change worsens wildfires in the West, agencies are tapping into new technologies to keep up with the flames
View ArticleThis Teenager Is Developing a Video Game That Assesses Your Mental Health
Rasha Alqahtani, an 18-year-old from Saudi Arabia, is determined to help her peers learn about their anxiety—in the wildly popular setting of 'Minecraft'
View ArticleAt 40, MTV Is Officially Over the Hill
Born in 1981, the network soon grew to include reality TV and the VMAs. But nothing compares to its glory days of 24/7 music videos
View ArticleA Marine Bacteria Species Shows Promise for Curing an Aggressive Brain Cancer
A new glioblastoma drug is derived from a microbe found in the ocean at depths of up to 6,500 feet
View Article9/11 Changed How Doctors Treat PTSD
New research in the 20 years since the September 11th attacks has led to better therapies for those diagnosed with trauma disorders
View ArticleIs This Weed-Spotting, Yield-Predicting Rover the Future of Farming?
The robot, developed by Alphabet Inc.'s X, will make its public debut at the Smithsonian
View ArticleThis Calculator Estimates Your Risk of Getting Covid-19
The online tool draws on recent data to approximate your chances of contracting the virus in different scenarios
View ArticleWhen a Natural Disaster Hits, Structural Engineers Learn From the Destruction
StEER engineers assess why some buildings survive hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and tsunamis, and why others do not
View ArticleA Brief History of the Sonogram
In the mid-1950s, a Scottish obstetrician became the first to apply ultrasound technology to a pregnant human abdomen
View ArticleHow Artificial Intelligence Completed Beethoven's Unfinished Tenth Symphony
On October 9, the work will be performed in Bonn, Germany, and a recording will be released
View ArticleFifty Years Ago, the First CT Scan Let Doctors See Inside a Living Skull
The invention came from an eccentric British engineer who worked at a company now better known for selling Beatles albums
View ArticleBiologists Rescue Unborn Baby Sharks at Fish Markets
Scientists are collecting egg cases from recently caught pregnant sharks, raising the babies and releasing them into the wild
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