Ten years ago, when I was traveling in the Ozark Mountains, I bought a whirligig at a craft shop by the side of the road in Arkansas. It was the figure of a bluebird that paddled like a swimmer in the ...

With inspiration from an ancient toy, researchers believe that the simple spinning mechanics of a whirligig could help in the diagnosis of malaria, HIV and other diseases around the world, according ...

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A molecular machine that winds itself into a tight twist when exposed to light has a newly discovered ability: when the light goes out, the energy stored in the wound-up molecule makes it untwist and ...