“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” Historian Will Durant I don’t mean to imply, by the title of this article, that I think America is about ...

Harvard University has been losing professors who specialize in Western history without replacing them. Cassandra Klos/Bloomberg via Getty Images At Harvard University today, professors who teach ...

A washing machine is a workhorse. We toss clothes in, press a button, and expect it to work miracles. But… Image source: shutterstock.com A washing machine is a workhorse. We toss clothes in, press a ...

The Human Washing Machine at an expo in Osaka. Credit: Nikkei. The future of bathing is here, and it looks like a high-tech escape pod from a sci-fi movie. Science Inc., a tech company based in Osaka, ...

An unusual household appliance has been launched on the market in Japan: a washing machine for people. The 7.5-feet-long capsule (that’s 2.30 meters) was unveiled at the World Expo [PDF], which took ...

"The 'Future Human Washing Machine' is a modern-day scientific reproduction of the Human Washing Machine, which was exhibited at the Osaka Expo in 1970 and became a hot topic, and is equipped with ...

Valve hardware engineer Yazan Aldehayyat won’t promise anything, but he told us “that is something we are really interested in supporting” during our big Valve trip. It’s not as simple as it sounds, ...

Conservatives did not take well to the news that Robert George, a Princeton professor and widely respected right-wing elder, was resigning from The Heritage Foundation’s board on Monday. I have ...

The new Mijia washing machine supports a large 12-kilogram washing capacity inside a slim 562mm body. Xiaomi designed the machine with an embedded-friendly layout that fits inside standard cabinets ...