While sheep and goats share a common ancestry and are both farmed for meat, milk, and fiber, they exhibit distinct differences in appearance, temperament, and care. Sheep are calm grazers suited for ...

If there's a man who knows how to stop slugs attacking your plants, it's Alan Titchmarsh. Over the years, the gardening legend says he's tried all manner of things to keep the slimy creatures away ...

A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...

Researchers have folded their way into a groundbreaking new family of origami patterns. Dubbed bloom patterns, because they resemble flowers as they unfold, the new class of origami shapes holds great ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

One of the best ways to entertain and educate young children is through performance, and there are some brilliant family shows hitting the stages in Brisbane in 2025. With most bookings opening months ...

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

In 1936, the British mathematician Alan Turing came up with an idea for a universal computer. It was a simple device: an infinite strip of tape covered in zeros and ones, together with a machine that ...

"The Desert Bighorn Sheep inhabits the varied terrain of New Austin. It has a herbivores diet of desert holly, cacti, and grasses. Using Bows with arrows, or a rifle, is the easiest way to take down a ...

It’s an ancient form of art, but now origami is providing modern solutions in the fields of space, engineering, mathematics and medicine. For one Canadian aerospace engineer, origami and its ability ...