After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with a female, they quickly launch themselves away, researchers report on April 25 in the journal Current Biology. Using a mechanism ...

Makasura Shrine in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom teaches the importance of creating and using catapults with the help of zonai balancing devices. While this shrine’s primary purpose is to provide a fast ...

The study of elastic energy storage and power output in insects has yielded remarkable insights into how these small organisms achieve rapid, high-performance movements. In many insects, specialised ...