11 Plants That Will Add a Little Life to Your Desk and Office Space
We’re always looking for ways to make work more fun—and one of our favorites is to keep a happy houseplant nearby to cheer us up and liven up our workspace. But, since…
Read moreThese 11 Low-Light Outdoor Plants Were Made for the Shade
Sometimes, growing conditions aren’t ideal for plants, even outdoors. Maybe you live under tree cover, surrounded by other homes, or just have a home that faces away from the sun more…
Read moreThese 18 Tall Indoor Plants Will Turn Your Home into a Jungle
No design element makes a statement in your home quite like a tall, lush potted plant. Tall indoor floor plants can serve as the focal point for a room, add…
Read moreWe Created Robot Dogs To Patrol The U.S. Border
I was always interested in technology and machines, but growing up I also thought about becoming a veterinarian. I actually had an uncle who was a veterinarian, so I shadowed…
Read moreKaman HH-43 Huskie: Unorthodox Chopper of the Vietnam War
Kaman HH-43B Huskie The Kaman HH-43 Huskie is a helicopter of a very rare, albeit not unique configuration. It is a synchropter, that is a helicopter with two intermeshing rotors….
Read moreThe MH-47G Chinook: A Versatile and Critical Military Asset
A versatile helicopter Get ready to be blown away (pun intended) by the sheer awesomeness of the MH-47G Chinook helicopter. It’s the ultimate weapon in the United States Army’s special…
Read moreThe Mil V-12: The Largest Helicopter Ever Built
MI-12 at Monino Central Air Force Museum (Moscow) Photo: Bernhard Gröhl Hell of a Copter It’s amazing what people can make fly, especially when the cold war was in full…
Read moreThe Advent of Flying Cranes
Starting in early 1950s helicopter producers experimented with rotorcraft that could lift heavy and bulky weights and carry them externally, on a platform beneath the fuselage or hoisted on a…
Read moreChanging the Sound of Speed: The Sonic Quest of NASA’s F-5
U.S. Navy F-5E Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) aircraft Remember that time NASA took an F-5 and made it look like it was ready for a day at the yacht…
Read moreMany Faces of the B-17G Flying Fortress
B-17G, Sentimental Journey Photo: Airwolfhound The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is the third-most produced bomber in history: 12,731 aircraft of this type went off the production line between 1936 and…
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