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Eye of a Toucan

Brazilian birds of a feather flock together.

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And Now, UAV Construction Workers

Just try not to think of robot wasps

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The Airman of Athens

Honoring Ben Epps, Georgia’s first pilot.

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Cooking May Have Driven Human Evolution

Why have humans and our ancestors been cooking for all this time? A first-of-its-kind study suggests cooked food gives the body a “pick-me-up”

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The Latest Destination for Human Spaceflight

Humans to Venus? The latest proposed destination for human space missions illustrates the hollowness of the current direction of our space program

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You Are Here

Google Maps’ latest update will help travelers navigate through airports

Ed White aboard Gemini IV, 1965.

Is This the First In-Space Portrait?

A photo of astronaut Ed White, taken aboard Gemini IV, may be the first photo of an astronaut taken by another inside a spacecraft

111103-F-UV830-901 U.S. Air Force Academy cadets with the Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Competition Team perform at the U.S. Parachuting Association's national championships in Eloy, Ariz., on Nov. 3, 2011. The "Air Force Intrepid" competition team took first place in the four-person intermediate free-flying event. DoD photo by the U.S. Air Force. (Released)

Wings of Blue

Air Force cadets in action at the national skydiving championships last month.

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NTSB Looks Into Public Aircraft Safety

A public forum in Washington DC takes up the subject of government-operated airplanes and who should oversee their safety

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The First Martian Rover

Poor PROP-M, lost in 1971, never got the chance to strut its stuff on Mars

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Judge, left, and Master Sgt. Manuel Matute conduct a final check on industrial control systems (ICS) equipment to verify results of their first ICS exercise during the enlisted portion of undergraduate cyberspace defense operations training at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Jan. 24, 2011. The 333rd Training Squadron is responsible for providing the initial skills for the new Air Force Specialty Code, 1B4X1, cyber defense operations. Judge is a cyberspace defense operations instructor; Matute is a cyberspace defense operations instructor supervisor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue/Released)

Cyber Defenders

The Air Force graduates 50 cyberspace specialists in its first year.

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High Pulse

A wooden workhorse gets a new digital heart.

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A New Sheriff Above Town

A Texas Sheriff’s office deploys an aerial deputy.

Marines and sailors with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors assigned to USS Kearsarge sprint from the starting line during the "Turkey Trot" 5K held on the flight deck of USS Kearsarge, Thanksgiving day, Nov. 25, 2010. 26th MEU is deployed aboard the ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility and acting as the theater reserve force. (Official USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Logsdon/ Released)

Trot Out the Birds

The military keeps running, even on Thanksgiving Day.

 

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Where Were You?

In this 50th anniversary year of human spaceflight, we ask you to remember your own space milestones, and record where you were, and how you felt

Armor of George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland.

Getting Medieval

When the Eighth Air Force wanted to protect its bomber crews, it asked medieval armor specialists for advice

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Belly Over to Bonneville

Surplus belly tanks still make hearts race.

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Hop ‘n Stop

Blue Origin shows (some of) what it’s been up to.

The Jet as Art

Jeffrey Milstein’s photographs transform aviation technology into fine art

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Into a Desert Place: A Talk With Graham Mackintosh

In remote fishing camps along the shoreline, a few older fishermen remember a red-haired Englishman who tramped through 30 years ago, disappearing around the next point.

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