When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as "once-in-a-century," and heat waves as "record-breaking." While these ...

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Since its development in the 1940s, the helicopter has been used to help rescue victims of natural and human-made disasters and now university students from across the nation hope to improve upon the ...

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