When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

After the 2008 financial crash, Portland writer Evan P. Schneider wrote a novel called A Simple Machine, Like the Lever that told the story of a young man who adopts radical thrift to try to get out ...

A new AI developed at Duke University can uncover simple, readable rules behind extremely complex systems. It studies how systems evolve over time and reduces thousands of variables into compact ...

A research team of mathematicians and computer scientists has used machine learning to reveal new mathematical structure within the theory of finite groups. By training neural networks to recognise ...

A new children’s book, titled Simple Machines Made Simple, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids as young as a year old. It recently beat its Kickstarter goal by 700%—raising more than ...

Explore the simple machines behind Buffalo’s grain elevators and the physics that power them. Buffalo’s grain elevators changed the world! In this episode of Compact Science we uncover how a local ...

Dashun Wang is the Kellogg Chair of Technology and the founding director of the Northwestern Innovation Institute at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. When Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel ...

Losing weight is often seen as a complicated process, filled with endless diet rules, strict exercise plans, and conflicting advice. But at its core, weight loss is a science-backed journey of ...

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Breathing is an essential part of living, but the science of breath is having a moment! Health and fitness expert Beth Oliver joined us to share why it’s such a big deal. She also offered three ...