She typed “how to fold an airplane” into Google. She’d only made a paper airplane a few times before and wanted to have a good showing. Thankfully, a site called artofmanliness.com had step by step ...

“If you take a regular piece of paper and try to make it fly, it will flutter, tumble, flip around in the air and do all sorts of crazy motions,” says Leif Ristroph, an associate professor of ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

This wind tunnel is a pile of junk and we love it! When making science and engineering accessible to kids, it really helps to show that it doesn’t require a fancy research lab. [Jelly & Marshmallows] ...

Zachary Holden has been busy during the pandemic, bringing smiles to his Fairfax neighbors. (Courtesy the Holden family) There are few things better than bringing a smile to your neighbors’ faces ...

Aerospace engineering major Dillon Ruble is graduating and on his way to work for Boeing, but not before he tries to be the best in the world at designing, folding and throwing a paper airplane. ROLLA ...

A series of experiments using paper airplanes reveals new aerodynamic effects, a team of scientists has discovered. Its findings enhance our understanding of flight stability and could inspire new ...