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 ...

DO YOUR paper aeroplanes dive limply to the floor the moment they’re launched? If so, software that ensures even the craziest designs can fly could rescue them. Nobuyuki Umetani at the University of ...

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Creating a good, great, or world championship-winning paper airplane requires precision and increasing levels of dedication. Here’s how to fold the top flyers from each level. At some point in ...