You can't see inside any opaque box, but the color black adds an air of mystery. chingraph/iStock via Getty Images For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices in ...

As the recovery operation continued after a commercial airliner collided with an Army helicopter near the nation's capital this week, federal aviation officials announced Thursday they had recovered ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices ...

WASHINGTON — It's one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash: The so-called “black box." There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyses if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes ...