A pallet leaves the warehouse intact and arrives damaged, returns follow, and waste quietly accumulates. Despite advances in materials, automation, and logistics technology, transport damage remains a ...

Alessio Figalli studies optimal transport, a field of math that ranges from the movements of clouds to the workings of chatbots. By Siobhan Roberts The words “optimal” and “optimize” derive from the ...

Fans of U.S. comedic documentary maker John Wilson may well have seen his “How to” guide to finding a parking spot in New York City. The message of Wilson’s comic odyssey was clear. Buy a car in the ...

Pakistan’s fuel vulnerability is usually discussed as an economic problem. It is that, but it is also a national security problem. Every few years, some external shock reminds the country how exposed ...

Air mail, like grand opera, is something nobody expects to make a profit. But last week, with all the figures added up for the fiscal year ending last June 30, U. S. air mail revenue was reckoned at ...