What Are Winglets For? Why Airplane Wings Are Curved Up At The End
Winglets are used by airlines for a good reason — they save companies money by allowing airplanes to fly more efficiently, ...
Understanding the status of tropical insects in a changing world
A team of ecologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are leading an international initiative to investigate the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most ...
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All About Bird Wings and Flight Feathers
The Wright Brothers studied bird flight before they designed the first airplane. Now modern aircraft fly higher and faster ...
Will Ice Ground the Future of Flight? Inside NASA’s Chilling Wing Trials
NASA is testing radical new airplane wing designs that could drastically cut fuel use—but there's a catch: they may be more ...
Flies are masters of migration—it's about time they got some credit
As I sprinted across the flower-rich meadow on the eastern coast of Cyprus, I could barely see my car. The air was full of ...
Flying Toward Extinction: Yale Study Warns of Devastating Reverse “Butterfly Effect”
Mountaintops host some of the world's most diverse butterfly species, but climate change could transform these habitats into ...