Athletes jumping off a diving board. A duck circling a pond. Planets rotating in space. What do all these things have in common? They—or at least, their robotic representations—are products of a ...

On a recent crisp winter morning at the child-care center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., a group of educators gathered to plan their big teaching initiative for the ...

This handout, written for the USA Science Fair, is designed to help students (young and old) see the basic engineering principles of things they use, play with, drive, or enjoy in their daily lives.

Legos and Tinkertoys were once the way of learning basic engineering principles. Not so much anymore, thanks to high-tech computers and 3-D printers. Now Copperas Cove High School students have an ...

This handout is designed to help students (young and old) see the basic engineering principles of things they use, play with, drive, or enjoy in their daily lives. As editors and engineers, we too ...