Researchers Develop Impressive Pasta That Morphs Into Shape When Cooked

Researchers developed a groove-based shape morphing technique that can make many types of materials, especially edible materials like authentic Italian pasta made of semolina flour and water, flat-packed and morph when cooked. They were inspired by how furniture is flat packed to save packaging space and carbon footprint during transportation.  The plastic material, used in ...

Troy Oakes

Dropping pasta into boiling watrer.

Falconry Gives a Man Respite From a Life of Crime and Uncertainty

People find numerous outlets or ways to lead a more meaningful life in unusual things. Rodney Stotts is one such individual who uplifted himself from a life of crime to become a falconry expert and now he shows others how to do the same. Rodney was a directionless young man in southeast Washington, D.C. in ...

Armin Auctor

Rodney Stotts with an owl.

Laughter Helps You Live Longer

Research reveals that laughter can help you live longer! The Chinese saying “Smiles make one young” reveals a Chinese way of maintaining health and longevity. Emotions and health are closely related. Surveys find that people who have lived a long life, even in different countries and with different habits, have one thing in common: a ...

David Jirard

A laughing Japanese school girl with her friends, all in their school uniforms eating ice cream cones.

Menacing Social Tensions Preceded Disruptions in Ancient Pueblo Societies

Climate problems alone were not enough to end ancient Pueblo societies in the southwestern United States. Drought is often blamed for the periodic disruptions of these Pueblo societies, but in a study with potential implications for the modern world, archaeologists have found evidence that slowly accumulating social tension likely played a substantial role in three ...

Troy Oakes

Pueblo cliff dwellings.

God Does Not Tolerate an Evil Heart Full of Wicked Deeds

There is a common saying among Chinese people: Those who have an evil heart and do wicked deeds will be punished by “five thunders.” “Five” is related to the ancient Chinese concept of the five elements of the cosmos — metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. As recorded in ancient texts, the god of thunder is ...

Michael Segarty

Stormy weather with cattle under some trees.