When you're juggling dinner — checking how long your asparagus has been in the oven, making sure the pot doesn't boil over, and blinking through onion tears — the last thing on your mind is probably ...

We all have that dreaded drawer in our homes crammed with kitchen towels that are messily folded, creating complete pandemonium. When the drawer is overflowing, it may be a sign that it's time to ...

What if you could make any object out of a flat sheet of paper? That future is on the horizon thanks to new research by L. Mahadevan, the Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, ...

The folding pattern, known as the Miura-ori, is a periodic way to tile the plane using the simplest mountain-valley fold in origami. It was used as a decorative item in clothing at least as long ago ...