Birds have inspired human flight for centuries, but Shabnam Raayai thinks they can also offer lessons in reducing energy consumption. A fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard, Raayai works to ...

How does an aircraft weighing tens of thousands of pounds lift off the runway and remain stable while climbing, turning or descending through turbulent air? The answer lies in physics — in the ...

NASA will gather some of the world’s most brilliant and articulate scientific thinkers — and many students of science — next month to grapple with physics problems that vexed even the late, lauded ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.