Spring-loaded plungers use a spring and a plunger (or ball tip) to exert a precise and repeatable force. They are a better option than having engineers cobble together an assembly that uses a simple, ...

For years, it has been a common approach to use a box spring to support your bed. It’s been the go-to solution to ensure you don’t wake up with a sore back. However, mattresses and beds have evolved, ...

Fruit-stained cakes and green-on-green pestos are your invitation to cook with the season’s brightest, crispest ingredients. Molly McArdle is Food & Wine's Updates Editor. She has written and edited ...

Peer into any wind-up toy you had as a child or, later on, that cursed mechanical alarm clock and you’ll find a power spring. The spirally wound hardened metal strip that makes up a power spring is ...

For those of us who approach things by the Goldilocks Principle (not too little, not too much), spring equinox is practically perfect. Folks in the Northern Hemisphere are looking forward to longer ...

Spring celebrations are proof that the world knows how to hit refresh—with food, fun and a few quirky traditions Spring is in the air, and around the world, people take that as a pretty good excuse to ...

This article has been updated for the start of this year's spring. Like the Science Times page on Facebook. | Sign up for the Science Times newsletter. With the recent vernal equinox, the Northern ...