Giant electronic computers can solve difficult mathematical or logical equations in fractions of a second, but in other ways they are mental defectives. They have no imagination or initiative. They do ...

Forty-nine students across five counties will test their skills in an engineering competition at the Orlando Science Center this weekend. The annual tournament focuses on a middle school student’s ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

The exhibit, which features construction equipment from small tools to large machinery, is designed to help people of all ages discover the science of construction by testing it out firsthand. Those ...

On Oxford Street in Cambridge, Mass. lives a sibyl, a priestess of science. Her devotees take their problems to her as devout ancient Greeks took their insolubles to Delphi. She is no mumbling, ...

Harvard University presents its eight-week online course through edX, which imparts to students essential knowledge of ...

As businesses wrestle with ever-greater volumes of data, both generated within their organizations and collected from external sources, finding efficient ways to analyze and “operationalize” all that ...

A simple machine is a tool that helps us do work. They use clever shapes to help us move, lift, cut and other types of work. Learn more about the inclined plane, the pulley, the lever, the wheel and ...

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander ended up on its side on the moon, forcing a premature end to a mission packed with rovers and NASA science. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser ...

Data science and machine learning technologies have long been important for data analytics tasks and predictive analytical software. But with the wave of artificial intelligence and generative AI ...