In 1999, a full-scale replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer was mounted in NASA's 40x80 foot wind tunnel for tests to build an historically accurate aerodynamic database.
India's medal aspirant MC Mary Kom today said her first round bout against Poland's Karolina Michalczuk in the Olympic Games was an "emotional" one as it was the fifth birthday of her twins.
You may be used to a much warmer climate, or you may just find the grayness and dampness, especially during the winter months, difficult to get used to.
With her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel, she was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics, and was then sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Expectations for the Chicago Cubs to make it to the World Series are both explainable and yet somewhat ridiculous. The baseball team is really good, but their history of futility makes them unlikely to win it all.
Expectations for the Chicago Cubs to make it to the World Series are both explainable and yet somewhat ridiculous. The baseball team is really good, but their history of futility makes them unlikely to win it all.
Spaceport America, the world's first commercial passenger spaceport, looks like a gigantic moth with wings spread out against the arid, reddish-brown dirt of southern New Mexico.
Spaceport America, the world's first commercial passenger spaceport, looks like a gigantic moth with wings spread out against the arid, reddish-brown dirt of southern New Mexico.
This vortex of fire resulted from months of drought, combined with brush fires and strong dry winds. The powerful air currents caused the flame to spin, creating a fire tornado!
Buster Keaton’s most famous stunt was in ‘Steamboat Bill Jr’ (1928). The wall of a house falls on Keaton, but he isn't hurt because he is standing exactly where an open window lands.