When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Future spacecraft and rockets may have softer landings thanks to technology inspired by origami, ...

A collaborative research team called MoonMars is developing a simple, versatile way of building off-world habitats using origami. Made of high-performance textiles, the origami bases could be ...

To get more spacecraft into the smallest possible launch package, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have turned to the Japanese tradition of paper-folding known as origami. The ...

There’s no denying its elegant beauty, but the importance of a designer’s dress pattern seems inconsequential among the examples of how the art of origami has played a role in engineering, ...

A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...