Ever wonder how some of the stuff we use every day came to be? I think about it sometimes when I'm at the stove with my favorite sauté pan, with its perfect trifecta of size, weight and performance.

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

I talked to two of them, both winners of multiple design awards: Dan Harden of Whipsaw, a San Francisco-based firm that’s ...