In the high-stakes world of aviation, the black box, officially known as the flight recorder, is recognized as an important device for flight safety and accountability. Black boxes have often been ...

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 recorder and ...

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 ...

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 small, minimally ...