This is a story about amazing beauty, imagination and magical effects — and it begins, ironically enough, at a one-time leprosarium, or hospital for lepers, in Beauvais, France, a small town outside ...

The body hairs of the Saharan silver ant cause total internal reflection of light to make the ants almost ten times more reflective, preventing overheating and yielding their silver sheen, according ...

Concrete contractors are no strangers to project changes. Advance Construction, Vancouver, B.C., recently was tasked with the job of turning two purpose built slabs specified for vinyl tile into ...