Click and release: Experimental set-up used to constrain click beetles during X-ray synchrotron imaging at the Advanced Photon Source. (Courtesy: John J Socha) Click beetles use the elastic recoil of ...

As if building tiny mechanisms with dozens of moving parts that all need to mesh together perfectly to work weren’t enough, some clock and watchmakers like to put their horology on hard mode with ...

This story was updated to add new information. Spring has sprung, bringing warmer days and blooming flowers. Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere.

The first day of spring is Thursday. The spring equinox will occur at 5:01 a.m. EDT on Thursday. An equinox occurs when the Earth's equator aligns with the sun, resulting in a "nearly" equal amount of ...

The vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (finally). But have you heard the myth about balancing an egg on its end? Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

1868: Alvin J. Fellows of New Haven, Connecticut, receives a patent for a spring-click tape measure. His improved design creates a useful and enduring tool. The invention originated in Sheffield, ...

The M's will have several games shown this spring either by television broadcast or webcast, but they will also have a seemingly high amount of games unavailable. Recently, we heard that the Seattle ...