The Freewing SR-71 Blackbird, featuring twin 70mm EDFs, is an impressive RC aircraft that includes a unique feature: a drag ...

On July 30, skydiver and father Luke Aikins jumped from 25,000 feet without a parachute or wingsuit on live TV.

Monash University scientists have developed a global framework to tackle a major blind spot in biodiversity conservation: Insects underpin ecosystems and food production but remain largely invisible ...

A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them. Inspired by Kirigami, the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper into ...

When was the first parachute jump? Google poses the question with a doodle that spotlights French parachutist Andre-Jacques Garnerin. On Oct. 22, 1797 -- 216 years ago today -- in a Paris exhibition, ...

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