Lightsabers are easily the most iconic and popular piece of tech from "Star Wars." Who wouldn't want to own a metallic wand that can produce a three-foot beam of plasma that can cut through almost ...

Miles Wu folded a variant of the Miura-ori pattern that can hold 10,000 times its own weight Ramsha Waseem | Freelance writer Wu’s innovation won the top prize of $25,000 at the 2025 Thermo Fisher ...

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...

No weapon in cinema history is as iconic as Star Wars‘ lightsaber. As soon as old Ben Kenobi opens the chest containing his former apprentice’s blade, everything changes. Of course, the original ...

If you want the force, it’s going to cost you. A “Star Wars” groupie made history plunking down $3.6 million this week on a single piece of Hollywood sci-fi history: the original lightsaber wielded by ...

Darth Vader’s iconic red lightsaber was sold for over $3.6 million at auction on Thursday, making it the most expensive piece of Star Wars memorabilia ever auctioned off. The prop sold for $3,654,000 ...

A lightsaber Darth Vader used in the Star Wars films "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" sold at auction Thursday for more than $3.6 million. The iconic prop had been estimated to sell ...

The original lightsaber wielded by Darth Vader has fetched a true bounty at auction this week, after being used by one of cinema's most iconic villains in multiple Star Wars films. Bidding on the ...

A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films has sold for a record $3.6M. At a Propstore auction in L.A. yesterday that finishes Saturday, a record bid came in for what was the ...

The coveted prop was used in 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi' and represented a rare opportunity for collectors. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter A lucky Star Wars fan ...

Darth Vader's iconic lightsaber from "Star Wars" fetched more than $3.65 million when it went up for auction on Thursday. The screen-matched dueling lightsaber, as seen in both "Star Wars: The Empire ...