Features Archives - Volume 7

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First flight - Orville Wright leaves the ground in the first manned, fully steerable, propelled aircraft Dec. 17, 1903. He is watched by his brother Wilbur and their friend, John Daniels, who took the photograph. Image courtesy of the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation.

Happy Meals® in Kitty Hawk: How the Wright Brothers Spawned a Burger Nation

By Selby Cull
Planetary Geology, Hampshire College

On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright launched two very important things: the first controllable, powered aircraft, and the chain of events that would lead to the invention of the Big Mac®. The first of these two breakthroughs is well known - every schoolchild in America knows about the bicycle repairmen who flew at Kitty Hawk. Their connection to the McDonald's fast food chain, however, is utterly unheard of.

The events leading to the creation of the McDonald's fast-food ...More »

Other articles in this volume:
Issue 1
Banana Vaccines: A Conversation with Dr. Charles Arntzen Banana Vaccines: A Conversation with Dr. Charles Arntzen
Happy Meals® in Kitty Hawk: How the Wright Brothers Spawned a Burger Nation Happy Meals® in Kitty Hawk: How the Wright Brothers Spawned a Burger Nation

Issue 2
Lava Lamp Moon: The Search for Life on Europa May Just Have Gotten Easier Lava Lamp Moon: The Search for Life on Europa May Just Have Gotten Easier

Issue 3
Male vs. Female: Gender Conflict as an Evolutionary Force Male vs. Female: Gender Conflict as an Evolutionary Force

Issue 5
A New Medical Breakthrough: Wart to do when Verruca vulgaris Attacks A New Medical Breakthrough: Wart to do when Verruca vulgaris Attacks

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