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Nick Lavars – Aston Martin is presenting its Volante Vision flying taxi concept at the Farnsborough International Airshow this week. Aston Martin is the latest transport heavyweight to enter the flying taxi scene, joining the likes of Boeing, Airbus and, now, Rolls-Royce. It …
by Carol Kando-Pineda Attorney, Division of Consumer and Business Education You’re working on your computer when, suddenly, a message pops up on the screen: “Virus detected! Call now for a free security scan and to repair your device.” That’s a tech support …
by Derek Beres – Replica crania of (L-R) Homo habilis (Kenya ∼1.8m years old), an early Homo erectus (Georgia ∼1.8mil years old) and Homo floresiensis (Indonesia ∼20,000 years old) are compared with actual fragments of cranial material of Homo naledi. In his song, …
By Daniel Rennie – Grace O’Malley – YouTube. How pirate queen Grace O’Malley ruled the high seas, bent the English crown to her will, and rose to the top of a world with little place for women. While Mary, Queen of Scots succumbed …
Scott Collie – The Aston Martin Valkyrie could be headed to a public road near you. The bespoke AM-RB001 Valkyrie became one of the most talked about cars in the world when Aston Martin and Red Bull announced it in Melbourne last year, and the hype …
by Stephen Johnson – Scott Santens via Flickr. Chicago may become one of the first U.S. cities to implement a universal basic income program (UBI). The proposal, introduced by Chicago Alderman Ameya Pawar, would create a small-scale UBI experiment that gives 1,000 families …
For centuries, no one could read it. by Sarah Laskow – The papyrus before conservation. University of Basel. At the University of Basel, in Switzerland, the papyrus collection contained a mystery. Most of the papyri had come to the university around 1900, for …
City of Alamogordo lost $250,000 to fake vendor Santa Fe, NM – The City of Alamogordo last week paid more than $250,000 to an unknown scam artist, and recovery of that public money is likely to be difficult if not impossible. In light of that …
By Loz Blain . The TMC Dumont’s 36-inch rims make it look like a rolling pair of spectacles – and a spectacle it certainly is. Impractical? Sure! Vulgar? Most certainly. Unique? In every sense. This staggering custom motorcycle uses the biggest pair …
by Angel San Juan, KFDM Staff – Photo: KFDM Staff. PORT ARTHUR, Texas (KFDM) — Some Port Arthur residents are planting trees in potholes to protest the poor condition of their street. Several neighbors say when it comes to the condition of their …
