/oss/taxonomy/term/6495/all en /oss/article/you-asked-general-science/there-safer-time-fly <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in <a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/is-there-a-safer-time-to-fly/">The Skeptical Inquirer.</a></em></p> <hr /> <p>Flying in an airplane is incredibly safe despite what our anxieties and fears might tell us. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), aviation has become the first ultra-safe transportation system in history. That means that for every ten million cycles (one cycle involves both a takeoff and landing), there is less than one catastrophic failure.</p> Fri, 26 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Ada McVean M.Sc. 9515 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-general-science/two-types-erasable-ink-and-why-one-much-cooler-other <p>Introduced in 1979, the Papermate <a href="https://www.papermate.com/about-us.html">Erasermate</a> offered something that, up until then, had been science fiction: an erasable pen. While correction fluids and tape were a well-established solution to inky mistakes, covering up errors was not the ideal way to correct them. Erasermate offered a simple alternative—just remove them.</p> Fri, 04 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Ada McVean M.Sc. 9284 at /oss