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In a new study, a team of researchers from the United Kingdom, Germany and Argentina deployed high-tech flight-recorders on the world’s heaviest extant soaring bird, the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), to assess the extent to which this species can operate without resorting to powered flight. Their data revealed the lowest …

Virgin Galactic seemed to be on the fast track to making space tourism a reality. Unfortunately, that was before the tragic 2014 loss of the SpaceShipTwo (VSS Enterprise) test vessel. The accident resulted in the death of one of the ship’s two crew and set back Virgin Galactic’s plans dramatically. …

A pilot accused of smuggling more than £2.4m of cocaine into the UK was arrested while sitting on a toilet with his trousers down, a jury heard. Dutch pilot John Buwalda and another man are accused of bringing the drug into Kent by light aircraft. Both have denied conspiracy to …