ROCHESTER — There are no buildings named after Dr. Earl H. Wood. Neither was he awarded a Nobel Prize in his lifetime. But an argument can be made that Wood belongs in the pantheon of all-time great ...

Dear Answer Man: I recently saw “Top Gun: Maverick” and thought it was terrific. I was having an argument with a colleague of mine about the G-Suit, which has an uncredited role in the movie. I’m ...

Mayo Clinic scientist Dr. Earl Wood helped engineer one 20th-century breakthrough after another. During World War II, his team used a human centrifuge and test flights over southern Minnesota to help ...

While movies and other pieces of pop culture show fighter pilots with their masks hanging off all the time, what would actually happen in that scenario?

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — If you have watched "Top Gun: Maverick," you saw a fictional portrayal of fighter pilots performing incredible aerial maneuvers at high G-forces, or the force of gravity. Here ...

One of the toughest forces military pilots have to deal with is gravitational force, or G-force. To make sure they can handle this while in the air, they have to practice an anti-G straining maneuver ...