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Video: Paratrooping Roomba-Style Drone Concept Could Help Clean Oil Spills
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Video: Paratrooping Roomba-Style Drone Concept Could Help Clean Oil Spills

By Colin Lecher

Anyone Can Build an Enormous Next-Generation Jet Engine (In Holographic 3-D)
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Anyone Can Build an Enormous Next-Generation Jet Engine (In Holographic 3-D)

By Clay Dillow

China Takes Off
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China Takes Off

By James Fallows

Video: How to Fold the Longest-Flying Paper Airplanes
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Video: How to Fold the Longest-Flying Paper Airplanes

By Corinne Iozzio

The Jets of the Future
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The Jets of the Future

By Andrew Rosenblum and Rose Pastore

Rough Sketch: “I Build Flying Robots”
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Rough Sketch: “I Build Flying Robots”

By Vijay Kumar as told to Flora Lichtman

Inside The First Production-Ready Electric Airplane
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Inside The First Production-Ready Electric Airplane

By Seth Fletcher

Who is Flying Drones in the U.S. and Where Are They Flying?
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Who is Flying Drones in the U.S. and Where Are They Flying?

By Clay Dillow

Video: Last Year’s DARPA Hypersonic Glider Test Failed When Vehicle Sped Right Out of Its Own Skin
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Video: Last Year’s DARPA Hypersonic Glider Test Failed When Vehicle Sped Right Out of Its Own Skin

By Clay Dillow

The Human Element
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The Human Element

By C.J. Chivers

Pumping Gas Into Commercial Airliners
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Pumping Gas Into Commercial Airliners

By Ryan Bradley

“Jarno Smeets” and the Physics of True Human Flight
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“Jarno Smeets” and the Physics of True Human Flight

By Adam Weiner

Video: At 800 Pounds and 45 Feet Long, The Largest-Ever Paper Airplane Takes Flight
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Video: At 800 Pounds and 45 Feet Long, The Largest-Ever Paper Airplane Takes Flight

By Clay Dillow

Self-Powered Flying Dutchman Is Fake, Right Down to His Name
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Self-Powered Flying Dutchman Is Fake, Right Down to His Name

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: Dutchman Flaps His Arms And Flies
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Video: Dutchman Flaps His Arms And Flies

By Paul Adams

The Supersonic Jet of the Future Will Be a Biplane
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The Supersonic Jet of the Future Will Be a Biplane

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Aircraft Carrier Crews Guide In Robot Planes With Visible Hand Gestures
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Video: Aircraft Carrier Crews Guide In Robot Planes With Visible Hand Gestures

By Rebecca Boyle

Chinese Drones Will Use Genetic Algorithms to Learn to Hunt For Submarines
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Chinese Drones Will Use Genetic Algorithms to Learn to Hunt For Submarines

By Clay Dillow

Microdrone
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After Animal Activists Track Pigeon Hunt With Drone, Pigeon Hunters Shoot Down Drone

By Rebecca Boyle

How D-Dalus Flies Like Nothing Else
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How D-Dalus Flies Like Nothing Else

By Kaitlin Miller

The Army’s Newest Surveillance Drone Can Shoot 80 Years’ Worth of Video In a Day
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The Army’s Newest Surveillance Drone Can Shoot 80 Years’ Worth of Video In a Day

By Clay Dillow

An Aerial Drone That Could Recon the Skies Over Titan
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An Aerial Drone That Could Recon the Skies Over Titan

By Clay Dillow

Invisible Warriors: The Future of Camo
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Invisible Warriors: The Future of Camo

By David Hambling

What We Know So Far About the Successor to the B-2 Stealth Bomber
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What We Know So Far About the Successor to the B-2 Stealth Bomber

By David Hambling

Video: Groombot Brushes Cat, Ushering in a New Era of Remote Robo-Petting
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Video: Groombot Brushes Cat, Ushering in a New Era of Remote Robo-Petting

By Clay Dillow

Marines in Afghanistan Execute the World’s First Cargo Resupply with an Unmanned Helicopter
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Marines in Afghanistan Execute the World’s First Cargo Resupply with an Unmanned Helicopter

By Clay Dillow

Brand-New Stratolaunch, the Biggest Plane in the World, Could Replace the Space Shuttle
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Brand-New Stratolaunch, the Biggest Plane in the World, Could Replace the Space Shuttle

By Rebecca Boyle

For the First Time, Predator Drones Participate in Civilian Arrests on U.S. Soil
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For the First Time, Predator Drones Participate in Civilian Arrests on U.S. Soil

By Clay Dillow

Video: Iran Puts Its Captured RQ-170 Drone on Display
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Video: Iran Puts Its Captured RQ-170 Drone on Display

By Clay Dillow

Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade
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Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade

By Clay Dillow

You Built What?! A Remote-Controlled Hacker Drone
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You Built What?! A Remote-Controlled Hacker Drone

By Clay Dillow

A Texas Sheriff’s Department is Launching an Unmanned Helodrone that Could Carry Weapons
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A Texas Sheriff’s Department is Launching an Unmanned Helodrone that Could Carry Weapons

By Clay Dillow

Can Technology Save the Military From a Data Deluge?
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Can Technology Save the Military From a Data Deluge?

By Clay Dillow

Video: Flying Sphere-Shaped Drone Wows Crowds in Tokyo
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Video: Flying Sphere-Shaped Drone Wows Crowds in Tokyo

By Clay Dillow

For the First Time, Researchers Use an Atom Interferometer to Measure Aircraft Acceleration
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For the First Time, Researchers Use an Atom Interferometer to Measure Aircraft Acceleration

By Clay Dillow

Army Developing Drones That Can Recognize Your Face From a Distance
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Army Developing Drones That Can Recognize Your Face From a Distance

By Clay Dillow

After Record-Making Flight, Martin Jetpack Will Soon Be on Sale
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After Record-Making Flight, Martin Jetpack Will Soon Be on Sale

By Gregory Mone

The U.S. Army Is Ordering Weaponized, Soldier-Launched Kamikaze Suicide Drones
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The U.S. Army Is Ordering Weaponized, Soldier-Launched Kamikaze Suicide Drones

By Clay Dillow

In Boeing Demonstration, Different Autonomous Drones Swarm Together For Reconnaissance Missions
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In Boeing Demonstration, Different Autonomous Drones Swarm Together For Reconnaissance Missions

By Rebecca Boyle

Hackers Turn a Flare Gun Into a DIY Camera-Drone Launcher
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Hackers Turn a Flare Gun Into a DIY Camera-Drone Launcher

By Rebecca Boyle

A DIY UAV That Hacks Wi-Fi Networks, Cracks Passwords, and Poses as a Cell Phone Tower
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A DIY UAV That Hacks Wi-Fi Networks, Cracks Passwords, and Poses as a Cell Phone Tower

By Clay Dillow

One Last Pic: Atlantis’s Glowing Re-Entry, Captured from the ISS
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One Last Pic: Atlantis’s Glowing Re-Entry, Captured from the ISS

By Clay Dillow

PopSci Q+A: The Power Couple of Pyrotechnics Explains the Perfect “Wall of Fire”
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PopSci Q+A: The Power Couple of Pyrotechnics Explains the Perfect “Wall of Fire”

By Clay Dillow

Is American Foot-Dragging Pushing the Future Elsewhere?
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Is American Foot-Dragging Pushing the Future Elsewhere?

By Clay Dillow

A Completely New Kind of Aircraft Propulsion System, Made of Rotating Cylinders
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A Completely New Kind of Aircraft Propulsion System, Made of Rotating Cylinders

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Groundbreaking Giant Human-Pedal-Powered Helicopter Sets World Record
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Video: Groundbreaking Giant Human-Pedal-Powered Helicopter Sets World Record

By Clay Dillow

Video: Phantom Ray Drone Makes Maiden Solo Flight
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Video: Phantom Ray Drone Makes Maiden Solo Flight

By Rebecca Boyle

The Helicopter That Crashed in the Bin Laden Raid Was a Secret Stealth Helicopter
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The Helicopter That Crashed in the Bin Laden Raid Was a Secret Stealth Helicopter

By Clay Dillow

Before the Raid, SEALs Rehearsed in a Full-Scale Replica of the Bin Laden Compound
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Before the Raid, SEALs Rehearsed in a Full-Scale Replica of the Bin Laden Compound

By Rebecca Boyle

2020 Vision: A Look Forward To The Promises of a Truly Amazing Year
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2020 Vision: A Look Forward To The Promises of a Truly Amazing Year

By Clay Dillow

Martin Aircraft Company Martin Jetpack
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Amazing Video: Martin Jetpack Flies for Seven Minutes, Setting New Flight Record

By Clay Dillow

Archive Gallery: Revisiting the Golden Age of Zeppelins
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Archive Gallery: Revisiting the Golden Age of Zeppelins

By Denise Ngo

Iran Announces Launch Of Its Unmanned Flying Saucer
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Iran Announces Launch Of Its Unmanned Flying Saucer

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Could A Layperson Land A Jumbo Jet?
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FYI: Could A Layperson Land A Jumbo Jet?

By Doug Cantor

Cornell Fabrication Lab Makes Edible Objects With 3-D Printer
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Cornell Fabrication Lab Makes Edible Objects With 3-D Printer

By Clay Dillow

Using 3-D Printing Tech, British Airbus Engineers Aim to Print Out an Entire Aircraft Wing
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Using 3-D Printing Tech, British Airbus Engineers Aim to Print Out an Entire Aircraft Wing

By Clay Dillow

The ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Stealth Aircraft Quietly Resurfaces in New Pics
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The ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Stealth Aircraft Quietly Resurfaces in New Pics

By Clay Dillow

Shifting Position of Magnetic North Requires Tampa Airport to Rearrange Runways
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Shifting Position of Magnetic North Requires Tampa Airport to Rearrange Runways

By Clay Dillow

Phantom Ray Drone Makes Its First Flight, A Piggyback Ride On A Shuttle-Carrier 747
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Phantom Ray Drone Makes Its First Flight, A Piggyback Ride On A Shuttle-Carrier 747

By Rebecca Boyle

Plan for Celebrity-Stalking Paparazzi Drone Reveals New Roles for Unmanned Civilian Aircraft
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Plan for Celebrity-Stalking Paparazzi Drone Reveals New Roles for Unmanned Civilian Aircraft

By Clay Dillow

Video: DARPA and Boeing’s DiscRotor Retractable-Blade Heliplane
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Video: DARPA and Boeing’s DiscRotor Retractable-Blade Heliplane

By Dan Nosowitz

Disc-Shaped Balloon Could Transport Whole Buildings To Remote Areas
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Disc-Shaped Balloon Could Transport Whole Buildings To Remote Areas

By Julie Beck

The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment: a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap
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The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment: a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap

By Corey Binns

Iran’s Boat-Plane-Thing Would Strike Fear Into Other Flying Military Boats if Any Existed
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Iran’s Boat-Plane-Thing Would Strike Fear Into Other Flying Military Boats if Any Existed

By Clay Dillow