The Blue Ridge Room, a parquet-floored hall in the University of North Carolina Asheville’s Highsmith Student Union, can ...
It’s tough to talk about sci-fi androids without starting here. Robby the Robot (from “Forbidden Planet,” 1956) and Gort (from “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” 1951) kind of set the standard for all ...
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Why Pilots Black Out at 9Gs (and How They Cheat Death)

Fighter pilots are trained to spot the warning signs of G-force blackout—vision turning gray, tunnel vision closing in—long before their brains shut down. From spinning Barany chairs that trick your ...