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That thin, taut film stretched over your bubble tea or iced coffee is a modern marvel of trust. You toss it in your bag, confid…

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There was a time, not so long ago, when the power to instantly cut, shape, and engrave hard materials with a beam of light was …

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We harnessed the fourth state of matter to cut steel, but the real story lies in the silent battle against an invisible force t…

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Look up at the night sky, and you’re witnessing the universe’s default state of being. The sun, the distant nebulae, the shimme…

Published on March 22, 2025, 4:18 a.m.

Look up at the night sky. The stars that glitter in the void, the nebulae that swirl in cosmic clouds, and the sun that warms o…

Published on March 22, 2025, 5:01 a.m.

Look up at the night sky. Nearly everything you see—the incandescent fury of a distant star, the ethereal glow of a nebula—is m…

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Look closely at a precision metal object. It could be the impossibly fine gear inside a mechanical watch, the polished surface …

Published on March 22, 2025, 4:05 p.m.

It takes forces equivalent to the deep ocean and materials science worthy of a jet engine to turn a bucket of liquid into a fla…

Published on April 9, 2025, 9:06 a.m.

There’s a ritual familiar to anyone who has welcomed a new, heavy machine into their workshop. It begins with the groan of frei…

Published on March 22, 2025, 4:28 p.m.

How the simple act of drawing a line reveals a battle against chaos, waged with the timeless laws of pressure, flow, and air. …