A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal ...

If you have a fear of heights and find yourself falling out of an airplane, you probably don’t want to look up to find your parachute full of holes. However, if the designer took inspiration from ...

A team of engineers from Polytechnique Montréal report a new and unique parachute concept inspired by the Japanese art of ...

Discover the art of crafting the perfect flying paper airplane with our step-by-step guide! In this video, learn techniques ...

A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved on its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of ...

A team of engineers from Polytechnique Montréal reported today in Nature a new and unique parachute concept inspired by the ...

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth explains how scientists found inspiration in kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting paper to create complex forms, to be used in parachutes.

When Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home, she didn’t know what to make of the bulky object slowly drifting ...

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Parachutes inspired by Japanese paper cutting unfurl automatically and fall more predictably than standard parachutes.

The Internal Revenue Service is no longer issuing paper tax refunds after September, according to a news release published by the department. On Sept. 23, the agency said it will transition to fully ...

The movers stormed the house like a SWAT team, dismantling large pieces of furniture as if they were LEGOs. They loaded all ...