Today’s post is from guest blogger, Nicole Mosher. Nicole works on the technical articles team and sees many cutting-edge research projects in her role. This week, she’s sharing one of her recent… read more >>

Why are zebras striped? The hypotheses are many and varied. Do the stripes work as camouflage, temperature regulation, or a barcode so that individuals are distinguishable in a herd?
The most popular… read more >>

A team of researchers from the University of Southern California’s Valero Lab built a relatively simple robotic limb that accomplished something simply amazing: The 3-tendon, 2-joint robotic leg… read more >>

For many years, researchers knew that rodents’ squeaks tell a lot about how the animals are feeling. Much like a wagging tail on a dog, certain vocalizations indicate the rodents are happy…. read more >>

North American football is the most popular sport in the United States. While popular, it’s also undeniably one of the most violent. For years now, concussions have been a major concern for players…. read more >>

An impeccably-preserved fossil discovered in Germany was brought back to life with the help of a CT scan, a 3D-printer, computer simulations, and MATLAB. Well, okay, not exactly back to life. But… read more >>

Once again, science and technology played a major role in some this year’s biggest stories. The Behind the Headlines blog covered many of these by explaining how MATLAB and Simulink were behind the… read more >>

Wikipedia may just have to change its definition of an airplane. According to the site, “An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward… read more >>

Data shows California is warmer and drier than past decades. The effects of the change in climate have proven deadly, as dry vegetation in low humidity provides ample fuels for wildfires.
According… read more >>

The answer to the above question is the Parker Solar Probe. And the probe is about to to complete its first perihelion, or fly-by of the sun.
Scientists and engineers from NASA and Johns Hopkins… read more >>