For the many wondrous things humans can do, we can't fly on our own. But if we could, how big would our wings be? Of course, the answer depends on the person's size. But someone who's about 155 ...

Shalvi is clearly enamored by Daedalus, whom she calls “the archetype of the first scientist, the genius inventor who challenged gravity and made the first human wings.” Fair enough.

Those wings harbor a nanoscale assemblage of shingled ... Though biomimicry has inspired human innovations for decades—one of the most often-cited examples is Velcro, which the Swiss engineer ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. -- As a part of the 62nd Airlift Wing’s Human Performance Program and with the help of funding provided by the Mission Execution Excellence Program, a group of 12 ...