mechanics

Everyone learns in grade school that you can’t divide by zero, but few of us ever learn (or fully understand) why.…

Most of us know how to get a ribbon to curl, by swiftly pulling a scissor blade across the surface. You’ve probably…

Here now is a practical demonstration on impulsive tension, and why a large force applied for a very short period…

No doubt you're already familiar with the many ways graphene promises to save us all, but there's another…

Richard Feynman left the world many legacies, including multiple books on physics, the atomic bomb, and some stellar…

Counter to everything you've ever been told, it appears that wrapping babies' heads in plastic bags may very well be…

This machine by Arthur Ganson just blew my mind: its engine runs at 200 revolutions per minute but the last gear…

Mitsubishi Corporation has developed a set of three interlocking gears that can move around in different movement…

This gorgeous experimental film by director Joey Bania explores the unique and dazzlingly creative world of Blair…

When you think of the fastest accelerators in the animal kingdom, large, muscular mammals will probably be the…

In May of 1976 in New York City, Roger Sharpe watched nervously as city council members piled into a Manhattan…

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the world's first stainless steel robot with seven degrees of freedom. But before I…

Even if it doesn't come with 470 HP and Wi-Fi connectivity, your car is the biggest and most expensive gadget you…

This mechanical wet bar—called the "Green Bar" for its structural reliance on mostly recycled wood—is the work of…

Over at Atlas Obscura, the editors have gathered together an incredible list of the longest-running scientific…

Square gears. Oval gears. Friggin goldfish and squid gears. My brain says none of these should work, but my eyes…

Stamps and envelopes and mailboxes—I DON'T DO THAT. But these MechaniCards—a set of five intricate and mesmerizing…

Here we have a large, complex machine built entirely of cardboard. It has cardboard gears and cardboard pulleys,…

This flying greenhouse is the latest project from La Machine, a French street theater company famous for their grandi…

Last month, I risked life and limb to tell you about Celsius X-VI-II, a shadowy French company who was building a…