The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It lives in deep-sea thermal vents, at temperatures above the boiling point of ...

KQED San Francisco’s CE Larry Wood and I were chatting about engineering experiences that rarely see the light of day. Larry knows many engineers who have been through much tougher experiences than he ...

The Dakar is the toughest event in the world for any type of vehicle, so it's no surprise that constructors go to great lengths to ensure their cars, bikes and trucks remain competitive. Here's how.

Hospitals and oil rigs use the equivalent of giant shock absorbers to ride out earthquakes and keep on working after the tremors have stopped. But just six nuclear reactors in the world have such ...

With all the attention given to low-power design and products, it's sometimes easy to forget that there's another world out there with power levels that are tens of orders of magnitude greater—and ...

Follow the race to build a world-class airport on the site of one of America’s busiest flying hubs. In New York City, a team of elite engineers and construction workers are on a mission to build the ...