‘Flying Car’ Really Getting Off the Ground
Makers of “the flying car” have cleared a major hurdle and are planning to get their product in the hands of owners by the end of 2011.
Terrafugia, accompany based in Woburn, Mass., has been granted a special weight limit exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration for the Transition, “the flying car.”
The vehicle is a melding [...]
Oil-Coated Gulf Birds Better Off Dead?
Since late last week a flood of pictures of oil-coated Gulf of Mexico birds—and conservationists painstakingly cleaning them—has added new emotional impact to the BP oil spill.
Some experts—citing traditionally low survival rates for rescued birds—are controversially arguing it would be better to immediately and humanely kill the suffering birds.
In a Spiegel Online article last month, [...]
Coast Pipelines Face Damage as Gulf Oil Eats Marshes?
In addition to threatening wildlife, the thick oil oozing into U.S. Gulf Coast marshes (pictures) may be hitting the oil and gas industry where it hurts: in its own coastal infrastructure.
A vast network of pipes and platforms is woven into these wetlands, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill could literally expose them to potential ruptures [...]
Mount Rushmore Goes 3-D
Movie theaters and TVs aren’t the only things going 3-D these days. Soon, you’ll be able to see a three-dimensional image of the massive Mount Rushmore National Monument on your computer. (The ultimate 3-D experience is to go there in person, of course.)
A California-based nonprofit group, in conjunction by the [...]
3rd Annual International Night
The courtyard at the American International School of Abu Dhabi was transformed last week into a cultural crossroads in their ongoing effort to aid those in the devastated Haiti.
The 3rd Annual International Night raised AED 18,810 reaching their goal of raising AED 34,000 for the charity. The event gave students and staff members an opportunity [...]
Orphaned “Moon Bear” Cubs “Mothered” by Scientists
After being orphaned, Asiatic black bear, or moon bear, cubs are getting protection from scientists in Russia. Listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the moon bear is threatened by habitat destruction and by hunters fueling a trade in body parts.
It’s springtime in the Russian Far East, and two scientists have [...]
