Ford has new robotic test drivers at its Weather Factory

One of the cooler buildings that Ford has for testing its automobiles is called the Weather Factory. At the Weather Factory, Ford can simulate all types of weather when testing its vehicles to ensure they will perform and function no matter the environment they’re placed in. However, with the range of conditions that can be created inside the building, it … Continue reading

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Large meteor wows Norway after blazing through night sky

The meteor is believed to have landed in a forest after flashes of light were seen across Norway.

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These greedy black holes just swallowed two neutron stars and it’s a pretty big deal

One of the best things about being an astronomer is being able to discover something new about the universe. In fact, maybe the only thing better is discovering it twice. And that’s exactly what my colleagues and I have done, by making two separate observations, just ten days apart, of an entirely new type of astronomical phenomenon: a neutron star circling a black hole before being gobbled up. The two observations were made in January 2020, by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo Observatory, both of which detect gravitational waves from the distant cosmos. After 18 months…

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Klein Vision AirCar completes a 35-minute test flight between two cities

AirCar is a dual-mode car/aircraft moving towards production after meeting a key development milestone this week. That milestone was its first inter-city flight, where the aircraft flew for 35 minutes from the international Airport in Nitra to the international airport in Bratislava. The flight was conducted on June 28, 2021. The flight also represented the flying car’s 142nd successful landing … Continue reading

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Protect your pets from predators with very punk body armor

Bald eagles are back in the US and that’s good news for everyone except maybe for your small pets in certain parts of the country. CoyoteVest makes body armor for dogs and cats that’s covered in tough Kevlar and spikes to protect against talons and teeth. — Read the rest

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China is building its own Hubble-like space telescope with a 2.5-billion pixel camera

Commonly known as the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST), Xuntian (Heavenly Cruiser) is readying to become China’s first major telescope in space. Unlike previous space telescopes such as Hubble, this orbiting observatory, due for launch in 2024, will be orbiting alongside the Chinese large modular space station, able to dock with the outpost when needed. One of the most-important characteristics of a telescope is its diameter — which limits how much light it can take in at a single time. The main mirror in Xuntian will have a diameter around two meters (six-and-a-half feet) across, roughly the size of the…

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Watch: Florida beach crowd rescues a swimmer by forming a human chain

When a Florida girl got caught in a riptide in the Panama City Beach ocean on Wednesday, a woman went out to save her. The girl made it back to safety, but not the woman, according to weather.com, who became caught in the riptide herself. — Read the rest

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Messy home run thrusts Dodgers fan — and a plate of nachos — into limelight

Brandon Lopez became an instant social media celebrity thanks to images of his jacket and face covered in melted cheese. The Dodgers sent him a hoodie and another plate of nachos.

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The world’s largest telescope is edging closer to completion

This week, the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory Mirror Lab began work on the sixth of seven primary mirror segments for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). On March 1st, the lab started heating its one-of-a-kind glass furnace to a temp…

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SpeedKore unveils epic 1970 Dodge Charger called Hellraiser

SpeedKore is showing off an extremely cool 1970 Dodge Charger built for actor and comedian Kevin Hart. For those who may not know, Hart has the distinction of having wrecked an earlier SpeedKore build in the past. One of the most amazing things about the 1970 Dart Charger the company is showing off, known as Hellraiser, is that it’s completely … Continue reading

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Wallet lost in Antarctica turns up in California 53 years later

Paul Grisham forgot he lost it until rediscovery during demolition work at McMurdo base

Paul Grisham’s wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the world he forgot all about it. Fifty-three years later the 91-year-old San Diego man has it back along with mementoes of his 13-month assignment as a US navy meteorologist on Antarctica in the 1960s.

“I was just blown away,” Grisham told the San Diego Union-Tribune after the wallet was returned on Saturday. “There was a long series of people involved who tracked me down and ran me to ground.”

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Kapu Collective races to paint murals before the tide comes in

The Bay of Fundy in Saint John, New Brunswick, has areas with extreme tides. Artist Hula painted a four-story mural during low tide, and completed the top during high tide.

Image: YouTube / Kapu Collective

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The World’s Fastest RC Plane Hit 548 MPH Without a Motor

According to the Guinness World Records, Germany’s Niels Herbrich flew a rocket-powered remote control plane to a record-breaking speed of 465.544 MPH back in 2018. Three days ago, California’s Spencer Lisenby shattered that record by piloting an RC plane to an astounding speed of 548 MPH, but their plane lacked one…

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The World’s Blackest Paint and Sparkles Make a Car Look Like the Night Sky

By now we’ve all seen the astonishing results of covering an object in black paint that absorbs over 99% of light—it loses all shape, form, and depth. But what happens when you mix those super-black paints with highly-reflective color-shifting sparkles and then paint a car? The result is like staring into the deepest…

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Houses in this neighborhood have airplane hangars

Cameron Airpark Estates in Cameron Park, California has runway-width roads, allowing residents of the Sacramento area suburb to park their planes at home and taxi from their home-based hangars to the nearby airport at their convenience.

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The bioluminescence on these beaches is next level

Sea sparkle, or bioluminescent algae, happens in many parts of the world, but rarely is it as intense as in this footage by Raymond K.

Here’s another vibrant example from the Maldives:

Image: YouTube / Raymond K. Photo-Videography

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This is the ugliest orchid in the world

The recently discovered Gastrodia agnicellus has been named the “ugliest orchid in the world,” according to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It’s one of more than 150 plants and fungi that RBG Kew researchers discovered around the world in 2020. From CNN:

The orchid, located in Madagascar, has no leaves, grows from a woolly tuberous stem, and spends most of its life underground, emerging only to flower or produce fruit.

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Measuring spoons made from pine cones

A pine cone, a lathe, and some resin is all it takes to make some cool and distinctive coffee measuring spoons. The pattern is quite lovely when this relaxing project is completed.

Image: YouTube / Matt Jordan

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How to grow an opal at home

With a surprisingly small number of specialized items, it is possible to grow opals in a small home setup. For the process here, the only thing that’s a little hard to get ahold of is tetraethyl orthosilicate.

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Space balloon company raises funds, will conduct first test flight next year

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  Space Perspective seeks to take people to the edge of space in a pressurized vehicle. [credit:
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A company that plans to send passengers to the edge of space in a pressurized vehicle beneath a large balloon said Wednesday it is on track to fly a demonstration mission next year and has raised the funds needed to accomplish this.

Space Perspective, which is based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, announced it has raised $7 million in seed funding in a round of funding led by Prime Movers Lab. This funding will help the company conduct an uncrewed test flight in 2021 and continue additional development work on its pressurized Spaceship Neptune vehicle.

Inside this Neptune craft, a pilot and eight passengers will spend about two hours ascending to 30km, above 99 percent of the atmosphere. From this vantage point, beneath a balloon with the diameter of a US football field, the passengers would spend about two hours experiencing the view and “Earth overview” effect. Neptune would then take about two hours descending back to Earth. Envisioned to be nearly 5 meters across, the reusable Neptune is designed to fly as much as once per week. Only the parachute is discarded after each flight.

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