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• Aviation
  Vehicles
  Sports Science
  Weapons Technology
  Wind Energy
  Engineering
   
  

  Wright brothers

  The Wright Brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), are generally credited with the design and construction of the practical ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Sports Science
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Albert Einstein
  Wind Energy
   
  

  Drag (physics)

  For a solid object moving through a fluid or gas, drag is the sum of all the aerodynamic or hydrodynamic forces in the direction of the external fluid flow. It therefore acts to oppose the motion of ... > more
• Fossil Fuels
  Petroleum
  Alternative Fuels
  Fuel Cells
  Sports Science
  Batteries
   
  

  Gasoline

  Gasoline is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. Before internal combustion engines were invented in the mid-1800s, ... > more
• Aviation
  Vehicles
  Sports Science
  Nature of Water
  Construction
  Nuclear Energy
   
  

  Seaplane

  A seaplane is an aircraft designed to take off and land (correctly, though less commonly termed, "alight") upon water. There are two types of seaplane: the floatplane and the flying boat. A ... > more
• Ozone Holes
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Pollution
  Atmosphere
   
  

  Tropospheric ozone

  Ozone (O3) is a key constituent of the troposphere. Photochemical and chemical reactions involving it drive many of the chemical processes that occur in the atmosphere by day and by night. At ... > more
• Alternative Fuels
  Astrophysics
  Fuel Cells
  Organic Chemistry
  Galaxies
  Chemistry
   
  

  Hydrogen

  Hydrogen is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol H and atomic number 1. At standard temperature and pressure it is a colorless, odorless, nonmetallic, univalent, tasteless, ... > more
• Sports Science
  Weapons Technology
  Vehicles
  Electricity
  Nuclear Energy
  Batteries
   
  

  Submarine

  A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. Most major navies use submarines. Submarines are also used for marine and freshwater science and for work at depths too great for ... > more
• Aviation
  Atmosphere
  Sports Science
  Vehicles
  Global Warming
  Floods
   

  Altitude

  Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. Common datums are mean sea level and the surface of the WGS-84 geoid, used by GPS. In the United States and the UK aviation ... > more
• Wind Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Electricity
  Environmental Science
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Wind turbine

  A wind turbine is a machine for converting the mechanical energy in wind into electrical energy. If the mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as a pump or grinding stones, the machine ... > more
• Acoustics
  Physics
  Sports Science
  Quantum Physics
  Engineering
  Albert Einstein
   
  

  Acoustics

  Acoustics is the branch of physics concerned with the study of sound (mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids). A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician. The ... > more

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