Air is a drag. The very fluid that makes flight possible also pulls against airplanes, creating friction and …

Kelsey D. Atherton at 12:06 PM Sep 1 2016

It’s put away now, Jim Harris says. Not much more to do. He visited the instrument storage at Kennedy Space Center, …

Samantha Cole at 12:06 PM Sep 1 2016

The human brain is a fuel hog, and that, it turns out, is key to how our intelligence evolved. It has long been …

Coby McDonald at 12:06 PM Sep 1 2016

The definition of parenthood is changing, in the US at least. A New York court today expanded the definition of a …

G. Clay Whittaker at 10:45 AM Aug 31 2016

Congress has found out something about the cause of airline delays that will be completely unsurprising to regular …

G. Clay Whittaker at 10:32 AM Aug 25 2016

When it comes to the sky, there is no privacy. There hasn’t been, really, since 1989, when the Supreme Court ruled …

Kelsey D. Atherton at 10:32 AM Aug 25 2016

The sky is forgiving. It’s the ground that isn’t. The Airlander 10, a long and bulbous airship that borrows design …

Kelsey D. Atherton at 10:32 AM Aug 25 2016
 
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