I have this idea of a communal brain.” David Baker, PhD, told me as I sat in his office at the University of Washington (UW) ...

Shelly Xu Designs uses AI to reengineer clothing patterns, cutting fabric waste to near zero—without asking factories or ...

The global Java development ecosystem experienced significant structural changes this week following the introduction of a new OpenJDK enhancement draft alongside warnings from cybersecurity ...

RNA has emerged as one of the most promising molecules in modern medicine, enabling advances from mRNA vaccines and gene ...

Jon McCormack's new book celebrates the whorls, hexagons, and half-moons that appear in the world all around us. A 400-million-year-old ammonite cross-section reveals an interior world of remarkable ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Lauren writes about interior design and real estate. As the seasons shift, so do the ways designers think about interiors.

Serverless is an architectural style that succeeds only when paired with intentional design patterns. Event-driven approaches often provide simpler, more resilient solutions than overused ...

The mirror spider can rapidly shift a patchwork of minuscule reflective plates underneath its abdomen’s outer surface, altering the pattern of mirrorlike flashes. This uncommon display comes from ...

The enterprise AI market is currently nursing a massive hangover. For the past two years, decision-makers have been inundated with demos of autonomous agents booking flights, writing code, and ...

Despite the vast diversity of human languages, specific grammatical patterns appear again and again. A new study reveals that around a third of the long-proposed "linguistic universals"—patterns ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...