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Science news and science jobs from New Scientist - New Scientist. Climate Change | New Scientist. Unsolved Problems. JoVE | Peer Reviewed Scientific Video Journal - Methods and Protocols. Video: At 800 Pounds and 45 Feet Long, The Largest-Ever Paper Airplane Takes Flight. Arturo Valdenegro, 12-year-old Tucson resident, made paper aviators everywhere look minuscule by comparison last week. In the skies over the Sonora desert in Arizona, the Pima Air & Space Museum launched the biggest paper airplane ever constructed--a paper airplane based on Valdenegro's design--into the sky, accelerating it to speeds topping 100 miles per hour before it came crashing down (as paper airplanes do).

The plane, aptly named Arturo's Desert Eagle, weighed 800 pounds and stretched 45 feet long with a 24-foot wingspan. The museum constructed it out of falcon board, a kind of corrugated cardboard, as part of its Giant Paper Airplane Project, the goal of which is to generate interest in aviation and engineering among young people. Arturo designed and folded his plane for the competition, winning top honors in a fly-off sponsored by the Pima museum. [LA Times] Microryza | Grow the next generation of ideas - Waterfox. Catalogue of Life - 3rd February 2012 :: Search all names. Search FishBase. Associated Journal Publish in our journal partner Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria the results of your primary research on fishes about growth, weight-length relationships, reproduction (maturity, fecundity, spawning), food and diet composition, introductions and range extensions for faster subsequent entry in (2011 impact factor: 0.547).

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