Tag Archives: Plane

We’ve all been there—we need to use the bathroom on a plane, but we’re not sure when to go. Thankfully, flight attendants and travel professionals have a few thoughts on the best times to go. Using the airplane bathroom can be complicated. Get the timing wrong, and you could be stuck in a line that runs past the galley, or …

Credit: ZME Science/SORA. What would happen if you threw a paper airplane from the International Space Station? It’s the sort of idea that might emerge from a curious child — or a physicist with a flair for wonder. Maximilien Berthet and Kojiro Suzuki, researchers at the University of Tokyo, decided to find out. Their answer is part serious engineering analysis, …