Flying on Flexible Wings
Future aircraft may fly more like birds, adapting the geometries of their wings to best suit changing flight conditions
Future aircraft may fly more like birds, adapting the geometries of their wings to best suit changing flight conditions
Just when scientists thought they had DNA almost figured out, they are discovering in chromosomes two vast, but largely hidden, layers of information that affect inheritance, development and disease
For robot designers these days, small is beautiful
The reasons that we sleep are gradually becoming less enigmatic
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The physicist and best-selling author demystifies the ultimate theories of space and time, the nature of genius, multiple universes, and more
To prevent an asteroid from hitting Earth, a space tug equipped with plasma engines could give it a push