A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved on its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of ...

This time we're going to modify our last glider to make it RC, with a micro motor so we can have a lot more fun flying for up ...

A university spinoff company has commercialized exceptionally tough wood. Our buildings and airplanes might one day be built ...

He was a cancer survivor and surgeon when he went to England to learn about an innovative hospice facility, and he returned ...

Franklin Z. Widder III was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania on March 29, 1931, to Franklin Z. Widder, Jr. and Edith (Hertzog). He died at home of heart disease on August 26, 2025, at the age of 94. He ...

I’m working the cash register in my parents’ store early one evening in the 1950s when a fellow places his purchases on the counter in front of me. He’s got a Hershey bar (almonds) and a copy of “TV ...

A volunteer teacher works with students in Tielu Primary School in Langao county, Shaanxi province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A group of volunteer teachers in Northwest China's Shaanxi ...

Vitalii Kolesnichenko was standing on a dirt road between two rusting warehouses with a big smile on his face. “You made it,” he said. Kolesnichenko is the CEO and founder of a Ukrainian drone company ...

A wood plane. The plane has a wooden body and it is missing its blade and wedge. The cheek and eye have been carved out of the center of the body. The sides of the plane are squared, as is the heel ...

The Australian government has announced a $1.1 billion program to promote biofuel manufacturing and development. Forestry company OneFortyOne has announced a deal with biofuel developer HAMR to supply ...