With the arrival of spring comes some of the year's best offerings. There's the return of sunshine, warm weather, flowers, baseball and a host of other seasonal delights. If the equinox has put a ...

Our airplanes use vertical stabilizers, why? And the masters of the air (birds) don't. Birds are very efficient compared to our man-made birds, taking into consideration the energy they use to fly vs ...

Special thanks to Stefan Langer, a professional glider pilot who provided live action footage of real gliders. Gliders are airplanes heavier than air that can be kept in flight without an engine. How ...

Conversations with friends have an ease that is hard to replicate with someone you have just met—often replies come more naturally and timing just seems to click. A strikingly similar pattern plays ...

A new study on mayflies of the genus Ecdyonurus illustrates just how multifaceted and surprising reproductive behavior in ...