When it comes to flying, humans are a bunch of posers. Yes, we’ve built incredible machines capable of dragging us across oceans at 500 miles an hour, but we can’t just get up and fly on our own. Researchers in China may have found a way to trick the brain into thinking that fake virtual wings are actual, physical parts of the human body. According to a new study published in Cell Reports , initially reported by Science News , the experiment was developed by cognitive neuroscientist Yanchao Bi of Peking University and motor control researcher Kunlin Wei, who wondered whether people could learn to “fly” in virtual reality and whether the brain would adapt to it. Videos by VICE Researchers created a weeklong VR training program where 25 people wore motion-tracking equipment and controlled giant VR feathered wings by rotating their wrists and flapping their arms.…