Engineering

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, owes his superstar success to self-satisfied competitors who blew obvious opportunities

After decades of work, physicists have finally broken into the atom to build the first nuclear clock

By canceling congestion pricing for drivers in New York City, the governor of New York State will hurt many retirees, who need the mass transport investments the move promised

Programmable liquids could aid robot grippers, shock absorption, acoustics, and more

Students should learn about both the natural world and human-made—or engineered—one we live in

Japan’s LignoSat will test wood’s resilience in space and could lead to a new era of more sustainable, less polluting satellites

Sound recording could take a cue from arachnid acoustics

Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?

Cargo ships, like the one that caused the Baltimore bridge to collapse, are getting dangerously big

The loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a cargo ship collision will teach engineers how to design structures better able to withstand disasters

A large container ship “totally removed” a critical pier from Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge

Bringing people together virtually doesn’t seem to boost disruptive research