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Serious paper planes? It's a way to introduce children to flight and aerodynamics
Soaring, darting planes fill the air at the end of a class project as students get a first-hand lesson about flight. These aren't crude folded-paper throwaways. They have the look of a real airplan...(Continue Reading) Airplanes for everyone: A general education course for non-engineers
ABSTRACT The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, at the Universityof Washington, has introduced a new course to non-engineering students. This ......(Continue Reading)How Insects Fly
To design tomorrow's planes, scientists examine the dynamics behind insect flight. When a bee zips across your garden, it blurs by at jet speed and ......(Continue Reading)Gabriel Orozco; Marian Goodman Gallery - New York
Typically Gabriel Orozco operates as flaneur and bricoleur, with a fugitive, arranger's touch (oranges or cans of cat food strategically placed and photographed; mobiles made of toilet paper, dryer...(Continue Reading)Bugs on Mars: unearthly aircraft may explore the Red Planet—and beyond - flying robots for space exploration
Anthony Colozza hopes to unleash flying robots on Mars. That may sound like the brainchild of a crazed, sci-fi film director, but the proposed bird-size ......(Continue Reading)
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