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As many eVTOL developers are gearing up for their first-ever flights, AeroHT continues to showcase why it’s one of the leaders in the segment. Earlier today, XPeng’s aerial arm conducted its first successful flight test in its all-electric X2 “flying car” eVTOL above the Chinese city of Guangzhou to test low-altitude scenarios for future transport and sightseeing routes. AeroHT, fka XPeng Huitian, is an eVTOL-centric entity of XPeng Inc., majority-owned by the company and its founder, He Xiaopeng. Since…

A groundbreaking study has identified common feather characteristics among flying birds, revealing that all possess 9 to 11 primary feathers, a trait that provides insights into the evolution of flight from dinosaur ancestors. By combining analysis of museum specimens and fossil data, researchers suggest that flight evolved only once among dinosaurs, highlighting the significance of feathers and flight in the evolutionary success of these species. Above is a fossil showing the wing and feathers of the prehistoric bird…

Imagine, for a moment, that you are an intrepid space explorer, jaunting through the solar system for adventure and, if there’s time, scientific exploration. After launching from Earth in your rocket ship, you eventually find yourself on the surface of formerly-known-as-a-planet Pluto, gazing upward at the stars. Earth now lies six billion kilometers sunward, faded to invisibility by the distance, and you struggle in vain to even identify the sun. It’s lost—one star among countless thousands, or so an old sci-fi trope…

Developer Far From Home has announced that is partnering up with Sony to bring Forever Skies to console in 2024. This includes both development support and funding."So, at the end of PC Early Access when we're ready to release the full game, we'll be launching it on PlayStation 5 for consoles," said gameplay lead Andrzej Blumenfeld. "Worry not though, this will not affect the ongoing development or release of the Steam version which will come out at the same time." Forever Skies is currently in…

Track features on Jack Antonoff-produced soundtrack to 'The New Look' Lana Del Rey, she of the country club Chemtrails, has finally discovered “Blue Skies” — at least in the form of songwriter Irving Berlin’s 98-year-old standard. Of course, since it’s Del Rey, “blue” is a double-entendre, and there’s a sadness in her voice that she can’t quite shake. Where Ella Fitzgerald quivered her voice with a little hope on her rendition and Willie Nelson went full country funk with his, winking his way…

After Top Gun: Maverick became the highest grossing film of Tom Cruise’s career, a third Top Gun movie is under way.Puck reports that Top Gun: Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger is “officially at work” on a script for the project, which intends to reunite Cruise with fellow Maverick stars Miles Teller and Glen Powell. No director has yet been confirmed, but Puck suggest that Maverick’s Joseph Kosinski is in the frame, and will likely act as a producer on the project also.Featuring Cruise as navy pilot Pete “Maverick”…

This year, outer space is going to be a busy place.We've got the launch of the Europa Clipper, which will orbit one of Jupiter's enigmatic moons and investigate whether it could harbour conditions suitable for life; we could cheer on the first Canadian to orbit the moon; and we're getting a total solar eclipse that will be visible across eastern Canada.Here are just some exciting events to look forward to in 2024.Meteor showersAs always, the year starts off with the annual Quadrantid meteor shower, which is pretty…

The Geminids meteor shower is set to put on an out-of-this-world experience for spectators this December.The annual event will be delighting stargazers in the lead-up to Christmas as the last natural light show of the year.The Geminids meteor shower can be seen until December 20, with the remarkable cosmic display peaking about December 14 and 15.Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >>“This by far is the best meteor shower for the Southern Hemisphere, due to the rate of meteors per hour on the peak…

Every year, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) ranks the top 10 Canadian weather stories. Senior climatologist David Phillips compiles the list and this year, there was no doubt about what would take the number one position: the record-setting wildfires."There's no drum roll here," Phillips said. "The fires dominated everything.... In 28 years of putting together , it's never been a more obvious number one."Wildfire season got an early start due, in part, to the persistent drought conditions across B.C. and in…