Aerodynamics

Boeing 747

How might global warming affect air travel?

Air travel has become increasingly irritating for most travelers in the past decade or so. Travelers might be facing one more irritant in the future: flights delayed or cancelled due to extreme heat.

How might global warming affect air travel?

This blue airplane is actually quite green — and perhaps it's the future

This blue airplane is actually quite green — and perhaps it's the future
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Daredevil Flies Into Rio de Janeiro Wearing a Wingsuit

Daredevil Flies Into Rio de Janeiro Wearing a Wingsuit

Physics theory suggests everything that moves is based on a 'flow system'

Physics theory suggests everything that moves is based on a 'flow system'
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Science Note/Bat Aerodynamics

Science Note/Bat Aerodynamics

Cape Wind project gets green light

Nantucket Sound offshore wind farm approved by federal government -- what this means for the future of wind power in the U.S.

Cape Wind project gets green light

Tiny Glider Swims Big

A Rutgers University team launches an underwater robotic glider. RU27 is zigzagging under the sea, collecting data on water temperature and salt levels to give scientists clues about the impact of climate change on the ocean.

Tiny Glider Swims Big
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A win-win for wind?

Amy Myers Jaffe, associate director of the Rice University Energy Program, joins The Takeaway to talk about how much of an impact offshore wind-turbines will could have on how we produce and consume energy.

A win-win for wind?

Catching the Wind, Part Two

Catching the Wind, Part Two

Catching the Wind, Part Three

Catching the Wind, Part Three

Catching the Wind, Part Two

Catching the Wind, Part Two

Catching the Wind, Part Three

Catching the Wind, Part Three

Almanac: Supersonic Bear

Almanac: Supersonic Bear