Scientists in Hong Kong and China have proposed a creative way to generate renewable energy —using a classic "drinking bird" figurine that may feel like a throwback to high school physics class. They ...

The top-hatted “drinking bird,” once a fixture in science classrooms for demonstrating the basics of thermodynamics, is making a surprising comeback — as the inspiration for a new clean-energy ...

A few months ago I was determined to de-clutter my half of the office, an operation requiring a dedicated corps of laborers with shovels. There are lost civilizations under there. As I continued the ...