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Reuters — Ohio-based electric vehicle manufacturer Workhorse has unveiled ambitious plans to reinvent personal transportation with the SureFly octocopter. Making its public debut at the Paris Air Show ahead of piloted test flights later this year, Workhorse founder Stephen Burns told Reuters: “It’s basically a massive drone.” The two-seater SureFly does indeed resemble a much larger version of a traditional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It has two propellers on each of its four arms, with […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The world’s current population of 7.6 billion will balloon to 9.8 billion in 2050, with India’s numbers to surpass China’s in just seven years, a United Nations report said Wednesday. Nigeria will overtake the United States by 2050 to become the third most populous country in the world, according to the figures by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. “With roughly 83 million people being added […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Antarctic researchers welcomed the winter solstice with an exhilarating plunge into icy waters Wednesday as they look forward to brighter days after weeks of darkness. Expeditioners stationed at Australia’s Davis station marked midwinter’s day by taking a chainsaw to the ice, cutting a small pool and taking a dip in the water with a temperature of -1.8 degrees Celsius (28.76 Fahrenheit). Davis station leader Kirsten le Mar said it was the […]
A 2,500-square-meter graffiti fresco, sprayed onto the side of a Rio school, is about to enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest created by a woman. The artist in question is 19-year-old Luna Buschinelli from Brazil. Her work was inaugurated on Monday by the city’s mayor. (AFP Video) https://youtu.be/f0qPfWNnHto
ELIAT, Israel (AFP) — In the azure waters of the Red Sea, Maoz Fine and his team dive to study what may be the planet’s most unique coral: one that can survive global warming, at least for now. The corals, striking in their red, orange and green colors, grow on tables some eight meters (26 feet) underwater, put there by the Israeli scientists to unlock their secrets to survival. They are of the same species […]
(Agence France Presse) — Philippine Airlines will buy seven planes from Canada’s Bombardier as part of an effort to regain its dominance of the growing air travel market, the carrier said Tuesday. PAL said it sealed the deal for seven Q400 turboprops, worth $235 million at list prices, at the Paris Air Show. The carrier aims to increase its fleet serving smaller islands in the archipelagic nation. “We used to be the only carrier in […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Climate change will sharply boost the frequency of lethal heatwaves even if humanity caps global warming at two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the core goal of the Paris Agreement, scientists said Monday. Fulfilling that 196-nation pledge would, by 2100, still leave nearly half the world’s population exposed at least once a year to bouts of heat and humidity that have proven deadly in the […]
LE BOURGET, France (Reuters) — The idea may seem far-fetched but with self-flying drones available for less than $1,000, the technology of pilotless planes has real possibilities says Mike Sinnett, Boeing’s vice president of product development. Airlines are among those backing the idea, in part to deal with a projected need for 1.5 million pilots over the next 20 years as global demand for air travel continues to grow. “I see a need for 41,000 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA revealed Monday 10 new rocky, Earth-sized planets that could potentially have liquid water and support life. The Kepler mission team released a survey of 219 potential exoplanets — planets outside of our solar system — that had been detected by the space observatory launched in 2009 to scan the Milky Way galaxy. Ten of the new discoveries were orbiting their suns at a distance similar to Earth’s orbit around […]
LA BORGUET, France (Reuters) – Boeing launched a new version of its 737 MAX jetliner as French President Emmanuel Macron opened the Paris Airshow on Monday (June 19). The U.S. planemaker said it had more than 240 orders and commitments from at least 10 customers for the new 737 MAX 10, which would carry up to 230 people in a single-class configuration, Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg told a presentation ceremony. Analysts say the fifth […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Robots are big business. The industry will be worth $188 billion USD by 2020, up from $91.5 billion last year, according to the Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC). Yet there remains a lot that robots are unable to do, partly because they are made from rigid metal or plastic. If they were softer, lighter and less reliant on external power they could more safely and predictably move among and interact with humans, go […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The clinging power of octopus tentacles has inspired a breakthrough new adhesive patch that works on wet and oily surfaces with potentially huge medical and industrial uses, according to South Korean researchers. Octopuses are among the most intelligent and behaviourally diverse of all invertebrates, but it was their extreme strength that attracted the interest of the research team from Sungkyunkwan University. “Two years ago, we bought an octopus from a […]
