What Can We Learn From Crashing a Plane on Purpose?
Why do some people survive plane crashes and others don’t? Having an entire aircraft at your disposal to deliberately crash under controlled circumstances, as they do in a new Discovery Channel documentary, would seem a great way to answer that question. But is the crash of an old Boeing 727 a mere stunt, or a…
Television
Paul Marks - New Scientist
Floating to the North Pole in a Hydrogen Balloon Isn’t as Good an Idea as You’d Think
Between the ship-crushing ice floes, polar bear attacks and maddening quiet, exploring the Great White North in the 19th Century was not a recommended endeavor. But still hundreds of intrepid adventurers tried—and many died. But one Swede thought he had the answer: simply float above the tundra in a gas-filled dirigible. Flying over the pole…
Tech News
Alec Wilkinson