From The Jetsons to Harry Potter , flying cars are a staple feature in many science fiction films and TV programmes. But flying vehicles are slowly but surely becoming a reality, with one being tested over Germany this week. Lilium, a tech startup based in Munich, has released new footage of its flying taxi taking […]
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The astronauts who took part in the first all-female spacewalk are still uplifted by all the excitement down on Earth. International Space Station resident Jessica Meir (mere) said Monday that when she floated outside last week, she wasn’t thinking about whether she was going out with a man or woman because everyone is held to
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In 2015, East Upper and Lower Schools—formerly East High School—in Rochester, New York entered into a unique partnership between the New York State Education Department, Rochester City School District and the University of Rochester. This Educational Partnership Organization aims to curtail a trend of academic underperformance and high rates of truancy, absenteeism and dropout, which
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If you don’t have a Netflix account, you may be tempted to ask to borrow a friend or family member’s password. But this could soon land you in some serious trouble, as Netflix has revealed plans to crack down on users who password-share. Speaking at Netflix’s Q3 2019 earnings interview last week, chief product officer
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A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the historic Battle of Midway. Vulcan Inc. director of undersea operations Rob Kraft said a review of sonar data captured Sunday shows what could be either the Japanese carrier Akagi
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In 2016, I was teaching third grade. One of our initiatives was to include STEM activities in our science lessons. I began with a simple project designing balloon-powered cars, but what started as a promising process quickly went south. Balloons weren’t inflating and cars weren’t moving. After looking around at my students, I realized the
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If you’re a fan of stargazing, you’ll be happy to hear that one of nature’s most stunning astronomical events is lined up for this week. The Orionid Meteor Shower takes place every year around mid-October, providing you with the perfect opportunity to see a shooting star. With up to 20 meteors every hour, the Orionid
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Andy Puddicombe trained as a monk and now runs Headspace (Headspace) Andy Puddicombe is a former Buddhist monk who became the co-founder of Headspace – a guided meditation app that boasts 60 million users around the world. Even if you’ve never heard of or seen Andy, his voice is instantly recognisable to anyone that’s used
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New England is awash in historic markers, but a handful of plaques popping up in a New Hampshire town are different. Rather than commemorating important people or places in history, many of these dinner plate-size signs detail events like rising sea levels and an explosion of ticks that have yet to happen — part of
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Education is known for endless change, and over the years that’s taken many forms: testing modifications, curriculum adjustments, new committees to join, fresh acronyms to learn. With these continuous shifts comes an accompanying sense of urgency, one that tells educators to hurry up and implement whatever is on the horizon, even if that leaves us
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