Science isn't easy. It isn't supposed to be. The process of open publication, peer review and clear data are a part of science because they help us understand how the Universe works. It can be ...

A commentary by a retired professor of medicine and a director of B.C. Health Care Matters. Provision of safe births and adequate primary care are widely accepted minimum standards in most developed ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about enterprise innovation. There's a notable absentee from the list, the USA. It's no exaggeration to say that the ...

The optimal size for a clutch or brake is determined by three things: Required torque, thermal horsepower per engagement, and average required thermal horsepower. Here, we'll discuss the first, ...

Sir Isaac Newton proposed his First Law of Motion, the Law of Inertia, in 1687: A body at rest tends to remain at rest. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. Bodies will continue in their current ...

In a recent post, I introduced you to my Law of Human Inertia: The tendency of people, having once established a life trajectory, to continue on that course unless acted on by a greater force. In this ...