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7 years ago

It Turns Out Dinos Didn’t Need Feathers To Fly

Andrew Liszewski

In 2003, when a Cretaceous-era dinosaur adorned with long feathers was discovered in China, it sparked a debate as to if and how such a creature could fly. And to help resolve that debate, researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK put a scale model of the dino…

NASA’s First Wind Tunnel
Cars
11 years ago

NASA’s First Wind Tunnel

Jesus Diaz

In March 3, 1916, the US Congress founded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, only a 12 years after the Wright Brothers’ first ever flight. In 1920, they built their first wind tunnel. And in 1958, it became NASA.

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