We all survey the vastness of space with a certain amount of wonder and awe. Exploring and understanding the cosmos requires units to express its size — including volume. But because of that vastness, ...

Shozo Kawasaki founded the company that bears his name in 1878 as a developer and producer of shipping industry products. Within two decades Kawasaki had expanded to provide parts for automobiles, ...

Ask bacteria where they’d like to live, and they’ll answer: a kitchen sponge, please. Sponges are microbe paradises, capable of housing 54 billion bacteria per cubic centimeter. In addition to being ...