When tectonic plates move, they rarely do so smoothly. Sometimes they slide almost imperceptibly; at other times, stress is ...

Imagine the federal budget was $100. More than a third of that, about $37, would be spent on social security and welfare including the aged pension, assistance for families and support for the ...

Earlier this year, columnist and sociologist Kathryn Jezer-Morton coined the term "friction-maxxing." It was her attempt to describe the importance of doing hard things in order to reclaim our ...

Brands spend enormous resources trying to win customers’ attention. But increasingly, growth isn’t determined by how well companies capture attention — it’s determined by how easy they make it for ...

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that arises without any mechanical contact, driven purely by collective magnetic ...

Law enforcement officials across the country are warning motorists about a surging type of theft called “sliding.” Sliding often occurs when motorists pull into the gas station to refuel. They exit ...

If a man takes a swing at you and barely misses, that doesn’t make him a pacifist — it just means he has bad aim. Standing still and giving him a second free swing wouldn’t be wise or honorable; it ...

Have you ever watched a mile-long freight train rumble by and wondered how one locomotive can pull more than a hundred fully loaded cars? The locomotive weighs maybe 150 metric tons, and each car is ...

Many people are familiar with the experience: grabbing their favorite blanket and gotting shocked. Static electricity may not be too dangerous, but it is uncomfortable and annoying. So, why is there ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Women have less desire for sex—because of hormones, evolution, etc.—that's what they say. But new findings have put paid ...

The most meaningful progress doesn’t come from rushing to solutions, but from pausing to surface hidden assumptions and ask foundational questions. When design has real influence inside an ...

In the two and a half days since Donald Trump unleashed a new war in the Middle East, the President and his Administration have come up with an astonishing array of different, even contradictory, ...