We first became acquainted with the story of the 1,000 paper cranes when we saw a “flock” of the origami birds at the home of a good friend. An ancient legend says that if a sick person folds 1,000 ...

Participate in Asia Society's 1,000 Cranes for Hope project by joining our Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator, Nina Shimaguchi, in a live step-by-step tutorial for folding an origami crane, or ...

MELBOURNE -- Behold, the art of the fold. This semester, the staff at Evans Library at Florida Tech has a goal: build 1,000 origami cranes for peace. When Nerdgirl was there earlier this week, the ...

During his stay at Shands at the University of Florida, 29-year-old cystic fibrosis patient Joshua Abbott got a sense of peace from folding hundreds of origami cranes. And that was exactly what the ...

They share a love for paper and an even greater love for what their dexterous fingers can make that paper become: an elegant pink rhododendron, a sleek golden dragon, a wide gray elephant's behind.

What do cutting-edge developments in heart stents, air bag logistics and space telescope lenses have in common with a folded paper frog? These advances in technological design all are based on the ...