Have you ever found it impossible to find the “unsubscribe” button? Maybe you’ve accidentally opted into “accepting all cookies?” Then you may have fallen for a "dark pattern." Dark patterns are at ...

The universe often demands inventions that balance elegance with function. Engineers design spacecraft parts to be compact during launch yet expansive when deployed. Surprisingly, inspiration for this ...

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Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

In this blog, you will learn about the launch of Microsoft SFI patterns and practices series where we share customer guidance grounded in our own learnings from the Secure Future Initiative. We ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Maximalism is taking on a new form through the power of patterns. Piggybacking off of the hyper-saturated color drenching trend, there is a ...

There are precision measurements, and then there’s the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. In each of LIGO’s twin gravitational wave detectors (one in Hanford, Washington, and the ...

When you think about design, you may have described your personal aesthetic as having elements of either minimalism or maximalism. But what about those who consider their style to be a middle ground, ...

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