On September 1, 1917, Manfred von Richthofen, the famed Red Baron, took to the skies in Germany's newest fighter plane: the Fokker Dr. I triplane. Once airborne, he was stunned by its exceptional ...

This video revisits the legend of the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, the most famous ace of World War I. Flying his bright red Fokker triplane, he became an enduring symbol of aerial ...

In the 1960s, mathematician Hillel Furstenberg proposed a conjecture: that a number cannot appear “simple and highly regular” under two “independent” rulers simultaneously. Put simply, if a number is ...

Meng Fanli was elected as Guangdong governor during the fourth session of the 14th People's Congress of Guangdong province on Wednesday, replacing Wang Weizhong. Wang resigned as the governor of ...

Roku has announced the Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector D1R Cube (try to repeat that five times really fast). Made in partnership with projector manufacturer Aurzen, this is the first projector to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Wood, plastic, and metal exhibit ...

Gifted to the Smithsonian by the Arango Family with gratitude and appreciation. Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Photo by Eric Long. The Sopwith Camel is among the most significant and ...

The Great War was a fascinating time for airplanes – the Wright brothers had just recently invented the airplane in 1903, and militaries found out mounting machine guns (only after figuring out how ...

China is going full Jules Verne as it prepares to go where no drill has gone before. As part of its Deep Ocean Drilling Program, the special-built Meng Xiang (梦想号, "Dream") drill ship is gearing up ...

Pilots of the Sopwith Camel complained that the engine, guns, fuel tank, and pilot were clustered too close. They didn't know the airplane's very shape generated drag that hampered its performance.

Rally driving is one of the most demanding forms of motorsport. Heavily modified production cars take on mud, gravel, snow, ice, and narrow boulder-lined roads at breakneck speeds. Surviving in this ...