The editor-in-chief of a preeminent scientific journal should know what a "scientist" is – and isn't. Holden Thorp, the editor of the journal Science, does not. My view is that everyone who ...

Q: What happens when we attach a very heavy weight to a wire at relatively low temperature? A: The wire snaps right away! Q: What happens when we hang a lighter weight from the wire at a higher ...

“My view is that everyone who contributes to the scientific enterprise is a scientist. It’s not just lab work that makes up science. It’s science policy, science communication, scientific illustration ...

Under stress at high temperatures (750°-1,000° F.), most metals, even hard alloy steels, manifest a sort of internal slip or “creep.” To prevent costly machine failures and ugly accidents, ...