Kinshasa is growing faster than almost any city in Africa, but its population boom is not making people richer

Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is expanding faster than almost any other city on the African ...

Beyond wrinkles: New rule explains why growing shapes suddenly crumple

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown law of geometry that explains why some growing surfaces, whether in nature or ...

Plants know when to grow—and when to hold back, study finds

Researchers have uncovered a surprising mechanism that allows plants to carefully coordinate the formation and growth of new ...