Paper airplanes are something that kids all over the world are familiar with. After all, they are a toy that can be made almost anywhere as all you need is a piece of paper and the ability to fold it ...

It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a paper airplane! The world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane has been broken by three aerospace engineers with a paper aircraft that flew a grand total ...

At some point in everyone’s life—usually during a particularly dull moment in third grade—a plain white piece of paper inspires a certain degree of aerial imagination. Transforming this thin white ...

“If you take a regular piece of paper and try to make it fly, it will flutter, tumble, flip around in the air and do all sorts of crazy motions,” said Leif Ristroph, an associate professor of ...

Unsure about a new design? Scientists and engineers often start with a model. With a model, you can test new ideas on a small-scale before going bigger. They are also cheaper, easier to produce, and ...

A series of experiments using paper airplanes reveals new aerodynamic effects, a team of scientists has discovered. Its findings enhance our understanding of flight stability and could inspire new ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...