Thomas Sopwith’s 31-foot Atlantic biplane was built to win Britain’s £10,000 transatlantic prize. Powered by a single 360-hp Rolls-Royce engine, it carried 400 gallons of fuel for a 25-hour flight.

In a remarkable feat of nanoscale engineering, scientists have developed a microscopic engine that operates at temperatures exceeding the core of the sun. This groundbreaking advancement pushes the ...