The number of female glider pilots is increasing, with some using the sport as a stepping stone to powered flying. Five women competed in the 2024 New South Wales Gliding Championships in the state's ...
Tiny flying robots have always faced a brutal trade-off between agility and battery life, burning through power just to stay aloft. A new wing architecture inspired by grasshoppers promises to ease ...
A study of gliding animals has challenged the idea that evolutionary innovations - adaptations that bring new abilities and advantages - spur the origin of other new body types and other ...