Japan Needs a Lot More Tech Workers. Can It Find a Place for Women?

The country is pushing to digitally modernize itself, but one of the developed world’s starkest gender gaps is holding it back.

50 Years Ago, NASA Put a Car on the Moon

The lunar rovers of Apollo 15, 16 and 17 parked American automotive culture on the lunar surface, and expanded the scientific range of the missions’ astronaut explorers.

Possible Failure Point Emerges in Miami-Area Building Collapse

Some engineers looking at the failure of a 13-story condo tower in Florida said the collapse appeared to have begun somewhere near the bottom of the building.

Mexico’s President Says Carlos Slim Might Help Rebuild Collapsed Metro Line

A New York Times investigation found that poor work by Mr. Slim’s company led to the fatal accident. Mr. Slim may be willing to help fix it, but it is not clear if he would pay the costs.

How Do You Move a 30-Ton Diego Rivera Fresco? Very Carefully.

Diego Rivera’s rarely seen “Pan American Unity,” which celebrates the Americas, has been carefully extracted from its home at City College and moved to SFMOMA.

Building a Cantilever

Towers with sections that extend into the open air seem to defy gravity. Here are a few ways architects and engineers make it happen.

Going to the Moon via the Cloud

High-performance cloud computing has allowed start-ups to develop prototypes and run simulations — including one to the moon — that were previously done on supercomputers.