While massive megastructures dominate the headlines, the little things in engineering tend to go unnoticed. Today, then, as technology is about balance as much as anything else, we mean to tip the ...

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Meta says it’s working to fix an internal tool that recently broke down and was responsible for the moderation mistakes on Threads. The company says it’s working to fix all the errors after receiving ...

It’s not news that Leonardo DaVinci was somewhat ahead of his time, and over the centuries many of the creations in his sketchbooks have been created and proved quite functional. The guys from the ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

Have you ever needed to measure something super precisely, down to a tiny fraction of a millimeter? When that level of precision is required, it’s time to pull out the micrometer screw gauge. This ...

Screwdriving is a deceptively simple process. All you have to do is insert a fastener and apply torque, right? In fact, a lot can go wrong, and there are many variables to consider. Is the driver ...

Tapping internal threads on stainless steel pipe fittings is highly technical, typically done using a tap. Stainless steel is highly viscous and has poor chip-breaking properties, so it is easy to ...