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YouTube
March 2021: Secrets of the Amazing New Beta Technologies Electric EVTOL Prototype
January 2021: Birder's Paradise--Thousands of Snow Geese Migrate through Bath, Pa., Jan 2021
October 2020: Inside the SSC Tuatara Record Sprint to 331 MPH—and What it Means
August 2020: Earth from Space: A Complete Orbit in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, from 52 Miles High!
July 2020: Epic New Flight Simulator 2020 is the Best Photography Tool Ever
July 2020: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020: Simulating a SpaceShipTwo Suborbital Space Flight with a Bizjet
11 March 2019: Future Air Taxi? Flying Sikorsky’s World-First Autonomous Helicopter
18 February 2019: Boom Supersonic’s Sound Barrier Breaker
10 January 2019: Beta Technologies eVTOL Prototype
SCIENCE/ASTRONOMY:
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Wired (4 July 2019): A Drone, a $12,000 Lens, and the Magic of a Total Solar Eclipse
Wired (1 July 2019): The Blazing Science of This Year's Total Solar Eclipse
Popular Mechanics (25 June 2019): Here's What It Looked Like to Watch the World's Most Powerful Rocket Launch
Wired (07 January 2018): Wanna Master the Crafty Aerodynamics of a Humongous Telescope? Call Boeing
Wired: 20 August 2017): The Most Extreme Way to Watch the Eclipse? Chase it in a Jet
Gear Patrol (March 2015): Eclipse-Chasing in the Faroe Islands
Gear Patrol (19 January 2016): A Guide to the Bucket-List Spectacle of the Decade: The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
The New York Times (27 March 2013): Packing the Family for a Solar Eclipse
FEATURES, GENERAL REPORTING
Wired (21 April 2020): This 30-Year-Old Sci-Fi Epic Is a Saga for Our Times (Until the End of the World)
Wired (01 September 2018): Riding With the Diplomatic Couriers Who Deliver America’s Secret Mail
The Drive (12 march 2018): 5 People Died in a Helicopter Crash in New York City's East River. I Was There.
Popular Science (08 August 2018): A fatal helicopter crash exposes the complexities—and risks—of influencer marketing
The Drive (03 August 2018): In Mongolia, Drones Look Deep Into the Past in a Hunt for Dinosaurs Fossils
Wired (08 April 2018): Inside the Safety Issues Surrounding the NY Helicopter Crash
Entrepreneur (25 May 2017): What Gary Vaynerchuk Learned by Experimenting on Himself
Wired: (06 July 2016): Eight Lessons for Fixing the Cities of the Future
Men’s Health (April 2015): The Most Important Thing You Can Do This Weekend Is Take a Long Drive by Yourself (Double byline is a website glitch)
Popular Science (June 2004): Is This What War Will Come To?
Men’s Health (May 2011): My Wife on a Pedestal (Double byline is a website glitch)
AEROSPACE
Wired (31 October 2019): Cirrus’ Private Jet Can Now Land Itself, No Pilot Needed
Wired (17 October 2019): The Plan to Boost Drone Batteries With a Teensy Jet Engine
eVTOL.com (9 October 2019): FlyNYON crash is a cautionary tale for eVTOL
Wired (4 October 2019): Kitty Hawk’s New Flying Car Promises a (Near) Silent Flight
eVTOL.com (3 October 2019): New Kitty Hawk eVTOL debuts with in-flight video
Vertical (27 September 2019): Passenger alcohol use and ‘shoe selfies’ may have played role in deadly FlyNYON photo flight
Wired (25 May 2019): The 'Hingeless' Mechanics of a Stunt Helicopter Flight Over NYC
Popular Science (3 April 2019): Even if you missed out on the Concorde, you may soon get a chance to fly in a supersonic airliner
Wired (15 November 2018): THE ‘BABY BOOM’ CHARTS A RETURN TO SUPERSONIC FLIGHT
The Drive (13 November 2018): Inside the Massive Firefighting Aircraft in California
The Drive (07 November 2018): Lion Air Crash Investigation Shows Troubling Signs in Boeing's New 737 Max
The Drive (22 October 2018): DJI Demands Researchers Retract Drone Vs. Plane Wing Crash Test—But Is It Truly Inaccurate?
Wired (25 June 2018): VR Pilot Training Now Comes With a Sense of Touch
Wired (19 July 2018): The Head-Spinning Challenge of Making Helicopters Autonomous
Popular Science (22 May 2018): Getting on an Airplane? Here's How They're Inspected to Keep You Safe
Wired (31 May 2018): Airbus's New H160 Helicopter Helps Save Pilots From Their Own Mistakes
The Drive (15 May 2018): The Mystery of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 May Never Be Solved—But We Shouldn't Stop Searching
The Drive (02 January 2018): Will Blue Origin Beat SpaceX to Manned Space Flight in 2018?
The Drive (19 December 2017): The HondaJet Ride-Along Review: Honda Takes the Slow Track to a Fast Plane
The Drive (20 November 2017): Your Outrage Over Business Jets Is Silly
MOBILITY
Wired (1 September 2019): Bell's New, Self-Flying Cargo Drone Hauls a Heavy Load
eVTOL.com (15 August 2019): Beta’s electric air racer will build on eVTOL success
Wired (12 August 2019): Old Gyrocopters Could Be the Funky Flying Cars of the Future
Wired (25 July 2019): UPS Wants to Go Full-Scale With Its Drone Deliveries
eVTOL.com (21 July 2019): Which industry is the best eVTOL role model?
Gear Patrol (17 July 2019): A Bentley Designer Explains How Electrification Shapes the Brand’s Future
Forbes (14 July 2019): Scenes From NY's Crazy, All-Electric, Innovation-Driving E-Prix Race
Forbes (11 July 2019): Innovative Bentley Concept Has A Cool—and Important—Trick Up Its Sleeve
eVTOL.com (10 July 2019): Public response to July 4 helicopter flights in NYC should worry eVTOL crowd
eVTOL.com (12 June 2019): The Dirty Dozen: 12 key hurdles to aeromobility
Wired (30 May 2019): Flying Car Startup Alaka'i Bets Hydrogen Can Outdo Batteries
Forbes (27 May 2019): In Rural Pennsylvania, A Runaway Coal Fire Spawns High(way) Art
eVTOL.com (21 May 2019): Public perceptions of air taxis will be critical
Wired: (16 May 2019): Lilium's 36-Motor Flying Taxi Takes Off for the First Time
Forbes (29 March 2019): No, Car Ownership Will Not Die
Vertical (30 April 2019): What is it like to fly a helicopter with a tablet?
Wired (27 April 2019): Drone Delivery Services Are Actually, Finally Almost Here
Wired (16 April 2019): Boeing 737 Crashes May Make It Harder for Air Taxis to Take Off
Wired: (12 March 2019): CRACKING THE DEVILISH AERODYNAMICS OF NEWFANGLED FLYING CARS
The Drive (4 March 2019): We Take Sikorsky's Ground-Breaking Experimental Autonomous Helicopter For a Test-Flight
Wired (29 January 2019): THE NEED FOR CARBON FIBER COULD GROUND THE FLYING-CAR FUTURE
The Drive (11 January 2019): Beta Technologies, a Vermont Air Taxi Start-Up, Might Be About to Change the Aviation World
Wired (10 January 2019: SNOW CAN'T STOP THE EDWARD SCISSORHANDS OF FLYING CARS
Wired (7 January 2019): BELL REVEALS A SURPRISINGLY DOWN-TO-EARTH AIR TAXI
The Drive (13 December 2018): For Bell Helicopter, the Future of Flight Lies in Air Taxis Anyone Can Fly
The Drive (11 November 2018): What3Words Aims to Redefine Everything You Know About Navigation in 3 Little Words
The Drive (29 October 2018): Air Taxi Start-Up Lilium Boldly Claims Uber-Like Service Will Start 'Much Sooner Than' 2025
The Drive (03 October 2018): Here's How the Autonomous Air Taxi of Tomorrow Won't Let You Die
Wired (27 September 2018): Inside the Secret Conference Plotting to Launch Flying Cars
Wired (14 September 2018): To Solve Flying Cars’ Biggest Problem, Tie Them to Power Lines
The Drive (20 August 2018): Icon A5 Aircraft Test Flight: Flying Into What the Future of Mobility Should Be
The Drive (4 June 2018): How Much New-Tech Transportation Death Will We Tolerate?
Wired (15 June 2018): Four Reasons We Don't Have Flying Cars Yet
The Drive (21 May 2018): Uber's Self-Flying Air Taxi Dreams Are a Delusional Fantasy
The Drive (25 April 2018): Wait, Who Even Asked for Self-Driving Cars in the First Place?
The Drive (13 April 2018): Can Big Automakers Be Trusted With Big Data?
Wired (11 April 2018): Raytheon’s New Radar Could Help Bring Flying Cars to Reality
The Drive (25 January 2018): Latest Tesla Autopilot Wreck Shows How Future Car Accidents Will Be Investigated Like Plane Crashes
The Drive (15 January 2018): Is All This New Automotive Safety Tech Working? Not If Drivers Don’t Understand It
The Drive (7 December 2017): How Long, Really, Until Self-Driving Cars Hit the Streets?
The Drive (21 November 2017): Science Confirms: New Tesla Roadster Will Be the Greatest Getaway Car Ever
The Drive (03 November 2017): Auto-Tech Investing Goes Insane, Becomes a Blood Sport for the Future
The Drive (23 October 2017): American Commuters Fail Miserably at Last-Mile Mobility
The Drive (19 October 2017): Puerto Rico Is a Testbed for Emergency Drone Cargo Deliveries
Wired (19 October 2017): To Survive the Streets, Robocars Must Learn to Think Like Humans
Wired (18 September 2017): Wanna Stop Distracted Driving? Make Cars that Watch Their Humans
Popular Science (2 December 2015): A Human Driver Vs. Robby The Autonomous Racecar
AUTOMOTIVE
Wired (22 October 2019): Polestar’s First EV Is a Track-Happy Challenge to Tesla’s Model 3
Wired (8 October 2019): Bollinger's Electric Pickup and SUV Are Made for the Mud
Gear Patrol (3 October 2019): 2020 Lincoln Aviator Review: A Well-Dressed Beast, Best Tasted in Hybrid Form
Wired: (28 October 2019): Porsche's Taycan Is the Best Electric Car $150,000 Can Buy
Gear Patrol (21 September 2019): Developing the All-Electric Porsche Taycan Wasn’t Easy
Wired (12 September 2019): The Land Rover Defender Is Back—With a Softer, Smarter Look
Gear Patrol (11 September 2019): Testing Mercedes-Benz’s Toughest Off-Roaders in Their Natural Habitat
Wired (5 September 2019): Why the Porsche Taycan's Two-Speed Gearbox Is Such a Big Deal
Wired (4 September 2019): With the Taycan, Porsche Launches Into the Electric Future
Wired (3 September 2019): Bugatti's Chiron Clocks 305 MPH Thanks to Top-Notch Tires
DriveTribe (1 September 2019): TRACKING DOWN THE AMAZING ABANDONED MILE-LONG GRAFFITI HIGHWAY
Wired (24 August 2019): Honda's New Airbag Catches Your Head to Save Your Brain
Wired (17 August 2019): VW Revives the Classic Dune Buggy as an All-Electric Blast
DriveTribe (14 August 2019): I'VE FOUND THE PERFECT CAR FOR CHASING DOWN SOLAR ECLIPSES
Gear Patrol (12 August 2019): 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class Review: A Few Tricks Up Its Sleeve
Gear Patrol (6 August 2019): 2020 Subaru Outback Review: Hitting All the Right Notes
Wired (27 July 2019): Tour the Factory Where Bentley Handcrafts Its Luxury Rides
Gear Patrol (26 July 2019): How to Import the Fantasy Foreign Car of Your Dreams
DriveTribe (20 July 2019): THE FERRARI 812 SUPERFAST PROVES THAT SUPERCARS CAN TRULY SOOTHE THE SOUL
DriveTribe (21 June 2019): MYSTERY SOLVED: WHY THE ITALIAN COPS STOPPED ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING THIS PORSCHE
Wired (15 June 2019): Lamborghini’s Huracán EVO Sees the Future—And Makes You Look Great
Popular Mechanics (14 June 2019): How 'Shaft' Brought the 1971 Chevy Chevelle SS Into 2019
Gear Patrol (11 June 2019): Nissan Built a Fleet of Custom Overlanders. We Took Them Off-Roading
Forbes (31 May 2019): BMW's M850i Blurs The Line Between Sport Coupe And Supercar
DriveTribe (20 May 2019): DOES THE URUS REALLY GIVE YOU A TRUE LAMBORGHINI EXPERIENCE?
DriveTribe (15 May 2019): IS THERE ANY BETTER CAR FOR A SCOTTISH PILGRIMAGE THAN A RANGE ROVER VOGUE?
Forbes (17 April 2019): World Car of the Year Awards: Jaguar Scores Three While Audi, McLaren, and Suzuki Follow
DriveTribe (15 April 2019): CHASING THE PERFECT PICTURE WITH THE NEW BENTLEY BENTAYGA IN DEATH VALLEY
Forbes (14 April 2019): At New York Auto Show, Competition Heats Up and Strategies Diversify
Gear Patrol (12 April 2019): 2020 Range Rover Evoque Review: Chic, Compact, and Capable
Wired (8 April 2019): Why a New Crop of Electric SUV Batteries Are Coming Up Short
Wired (4 April 2019): Audi's New Electric-Car Factory Goes Green
Gear Patrol (30 March 2019): 2020 Jeep Gladiator Review: a Historic Nameplate Makes a Remarkable Return
Wired: (22 March 2019): SAFETY-OBSESSED VOLVO GOES AFTER DISTRACTED, SPEEDY DRIVERS
The Drive (5 March 2019): The Ins And Outs Of Everything-By-Wire
The Drive (4 February 2019): 2019 Chevrolet Blazer First Drive: A Crossover Comeback, With Mixed Results
The Drive (4 February 2019): Tesla Was the Exception: Electric Car Start-Ups Face Huge Challenges
The Drive (19 December 2018): The Audi E-tron Brings Groundbreaking Brake-By Wire Technology to Electric Cars
The Drive (7 December 2018): 2019 Audi E-tron First Drive: The VW Group's War on Tesla—and Gasoline—Starts Here
The Drive (30 November 2018): For Tuners and Hot Rodders, the Electric Cars of the Future Present a Host of New Challenges
Wired (28 November 2018): PORSCHE’S NEW 911 LISTENS TO THE ROAD TO WEATHER THE WET
Wired (06 November 2018): Audis A8 Sedan Rolls With the Punches to Make T-Bone Crashes Safer
Gear Patrol (31 October 2018): Hyundai Veloster N Review: A Very Worthy and Affordable Hot Hatch
The Drive (26 October 2018): Why Does Jaguar's Electric I-Pace Only Go 234 Miles on a Charge?
The Drive (18 October 2018): Testing the Audi E-tron's Virtual Side-View Mirrors: Is the Camera-Based System Ready?
Gear Patrol (18 October 2018): The New Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV Is a Sure-Footed Hulk and Glamorous to a Fault
Wired (16 October 2018): Audi Brings Drift-Happy Driving Dynamics to All-Electric SUV
The Drive (11 October 2018): 2019 Rolls-Royce Cullinan First Drive: Incongruous On the Trail, But Still Every Bit a Rolls
Gear Patrol (05 October 2018): The New Mercedes-Benz A-Class Punches Way, Way Above Its Entry-Level Weight
Gear Patrol (27 September 2018): The 13 Best Family-Friendly Car Features on the Market
The Drive (19 September 2018): 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class First Drive: A Well-Rounded Compact With a Bad Sense of Humor
Wired (18 September 2018): Audi at Last Unveils the E-Tron, Its First All-Electric SUV
Gear Patrol (18 September 2018): The Upstart Genesis G70 Is a Truly Worthy BMW Competitor
The Drive (06 September 2018) : Mercedes-Benz's All-Electric EQC Crossover Uses a Distracting Idea to Attempt to Boost Efficiency
Wired (04 September 2018): Mercedes Challenges Tesla With an All-Electric SUV
The Drive (31 August 2018): Automakers and Audio Companies Are Pushing In-Car Music Technology Farther Than Ever
The Drive (28 August 2018): At Aston Martin, Design and Engineering Build Off One Another to Create Sports Car Magic
Gear Patrol (15 August 2018): 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 S Review: 603 horsepower and 627 lb-ft of torque… In a Wagon
The Drive (16 July 2018): Meet the Zombie Cars of West Africa
Popular Science (03 July 2018): This is Jaguar's first real attempt to take on Tesla
Gear Patrol (28 June 2018): The Porsche Panamera Executive Successfully Competes With the Big Boys
The Drive (12 June 2018): It's Michelin Vs. the AAA in Tire Safety
The Drive (11 January 2018): A Lesson from CES 2018: All These Screens in Cars Might Kill Us
The Drive (09 January 2018): The Secrets of Electric Cars and Their Motors: It’s Not All About the Battery, Folks
Gear Patrol (01 August 2017): First Drive: 2018 Bugatti Chiron, The World-Bending King of Cars
Wired (26 July 2017): Inside Dodge’s Face-Warpingly Fast Demon Dragster
MILITARY
Popular Mechanics (6 September 2019): Everything We Know About America's Secret KH-11 Recon Satellites
Wired (19 July 2019): The Air Force's New Rescue Chopper Flies Farther Than Ever
Wired (5 July 2019): The Pirouetting S-97 Raider Makes Your Helicopter Look Lazy
Wired (29 December 2018): THE HEIR TO THE V-22 OSPREY FLIES THROUGH A YEAR OF TESTING
Wired (26 October 2018): Step Inside the Air Force’s Sound-Swallowing Anechoic Chamber
Popular Science (28 June 2018): Power-multiplying exoskeletons are slimming down for use on the battlefield
Popular Science (23 April 2018): It’s not just Syria—chemical weapons still pose a global threat
Wired (28 November 2017): US Fighter Jets Are Getting the Laser Cannons They’ve Always Deserved
Wired (20 October 2017): America’s Future War Trucks Don’t Need No Stinking Windows
Wired (11 October 2017): Humanity Gets a Laser-Shooting, Drone-Slaying Dune Buggy
PHOTOGRAPHY
Gear Patrol (24 September 2019): The 3 Best Cameras to Buy Under $1,000
Gear Patrol (21 May 2019): Everything You Need to Know About Sony Cameras
Gear Patrol (12 May 2019): Review: This Isn’t Your Average Action Camera
Gear Patrol (10 April 2019): The 10 Non-Camera Essentials for Your Camera Kit
Gear Patrol (26 October 2018): Peak Design’s New Travel Bag Is Perfect for Photographers
The Drive (8 June 2018): Shoot to Thrill: 14 Secrets to Taking Great Car Photos
Gear Patrol (25 April 2015): This Is What 400 Megapixels Looks Like: The New Hasselblad H6D-400c MS