10 Incredible Tunnel Escapes

Captured and jailed in 2011, Joaquin Guzmán, aka “El Chapo,” escaped in a laundry basket, only to be arrested and returned to custody three years later, when he disappeared again, this time through a tunnel. Captured yet again in 2016, he was extradited to the United States in 2017. ConvictedContinue Reading

10 Ancient “Smart” Materials Scientists Still Can’t Reproduce

As civilizations from Rome to the Maya harnessed empirical ingenuity to create materials with built-in healing, color-shifting, or structural resilience, they left behind recipes that modern science is only now decoding. From rust-proof iron pillars and self-repairing concrete to nanotech-level glass and ancient vulcanized rubber, these ten remarkable “smart” materialsContinue Reading