Variable capacitors may be useful, but the air gap that provides their capacitance is their greatest weakness. Rather than ...

If you live in snow country and own a home, you either have a snowblower or wish you did. The alternatives are either an ...

Motors and gear trains with micrometer dimensions and powered by light are fabricated using semiconductor lithography and ...

Expect more tax refund checks to be released in the next few weeks as Guam is about to receive nearly $70 million in Section 30 funds, which the government has traditionally used to pay most refunds ...

A lot is changing for DC's lineup of movies and shows in the years ahead. James Gunn and Peter Safran, co-CEOs of DC Studios, have a strategy for a more cohesive and interconnected lineup of content ...

News headlines Ford Motor Company reported a 6% increase in U.S. vehicle sales for 2025, marking its best year since 2019. The company gained market share and saw significant growth in hybrid and ...

D.C. officials have agreed to pay $2.1 million for GPS tracking on their buses. Families of disabled students have complained for years about service and communication. Virginia is the seventh state ...

Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. Eater writers and editors always get the same question. Friends, family, acquaintances, and randos ...

In “The Cradle of Citizenship,” the journalist James Traub finds that the biggest crisis in education is not what kids are learning, but whether they’re learning anything at all. By Mark Lilla In ...