The 4K TV doubles as wall art when idle, and the smallest panels are now on sale at Woot for up to $400 off.

Even a device as simple as a computer mouse still has plenty of room for improvement. Modern versions are becoming lighter, ...

The creation of the world's smallest capacitor marks a breakthrough for nanoscale electronics and quantum metrology, enabling ...

Scientists have created robots smaller than a grain of salt that can sense their surroundings, make decisions, and move ...

A West Village commercial space billed as “the smallest” in the nation is on the market for a very big price. The 27-square-foot triangular shop at 169 West 10th Street is asking for $5,000 monthly ...

An artist's concept of multiple types of subatomic particles. Forget about turtles; for all practical purposes, it’s really particles all the way down. Consider the seemingly simple matter of their ...

Tiny animals are, by their very nature, often overlooked. Most animal enthusiasts know that blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are the largest animals, but few are aware of our planet's most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. On June 9, 2006, herpetologist Blair Hedges and his wife, ...

How small can you go before you lose all functionality on a thing? If you take a bicycle and scale it all the way down until you can fit it inside a handbag, will you still be able to call it a bike, ...

By area or population? Both! Vatican City. Was it really that easy? No. Here’s why. The issue is defining what a country is, and some argue that the Vatican doesn’t fulfill that criteria. The first ...