The high-risk adventure of air travel has been subdued, yet today’s long flights can paradoxically feel torturous. Christopher Schaberg August 9, 2023 Air travel is in a rut – is there any hope of recapturing the romance of flying? Christopher Schaberg, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Over the past 60 years, the duration of flights has remained roughly the same, while passengers have been subjected to more indignities, longer waits and more cancellations.
Offical SpaceX Photos/flickr September 17, 2021 3D-printed rocket engines: the technology driving the private sector space race Oliver Hitchens, University of Surrey The rocket engines that lauched Apollo 11 towards the moon had 5,600 parts each. 3D-printed equivalents have just 40.
In the future, people may be able to go to Mars. Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.com September 30, 2019 Curious Kids: Can people colonize Mars? Anita Sengupta, University of Southern California The first Martian might just be a human being.