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An age of greener, more efficient shipping may be in the offing as a specially modified 43,000-tonne bulk freighter completes a six-month sea trial using a combination of diesel engines and a set of high-tech automatic sails to catch the wind.Mixing sail and power isn't a new thing. In fact, it goes back to the very first steamships when shipmasters weren't particularly keen to rely on a cranky, half-experimental portable steam engine to cross the ocean. Even today, all but the smallest sailing boats have some sort of…

The gods have taken over the Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 battle royale map, bringing a ton of new visual flairs across the game world and some fresh locations based on ancient Greek mythology like Mount Olympus and the Underworld. There’s a whole lot of cool new stuff to see, but there are also some exciting godly items that have been added to the loot pool this season: Thunderbolt of Zeus and Wings of Icarus. If you’re looking to take flight with the Wings of Icarus, we’ve got all the info you need about this item…

While the saying “there’s always a way” is suggested as a motivating and positive phrase, meant to encourage people to never give up in face of adversity, some folks seem to take it to a whole, socially abnormal level.By that, we mean there are folks who, after ordering their food and realizing the restaurant is so busy that there’s no space, decide that the next logical step is to just ask a random patron to get lost. And then they have the audacity to call them a jerk (the other jerk word you won’t hear on television)…

By Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences February 16, 2024New research inspired by the intricate structure of butterfly wings has led to a method for fine-tuning catalytic reactions, enhancing selectivity and efficiency in chemical production. This breakthrough underscores the potential for bioinspired designs to drive industrial innovation. Credit: SciTechDaily.comResearchers expand ways to improve the selectivity of catalytic reactions.Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of…

If 2012’s ‘Child of the Universe’ was a return to the sound that made Delta Goodrem a global superstar, 2016’s ‘Wings of the Wild’ remains her most experimental body of work. Released by Music On Vinyl as part of their releases of the Australian singer-songwriter’s albums on vinyl, ‘Wings of the Wild’ has been pressed on 180-gram white and black marbled vinyl, limited to 1,500 numbered copies. The release also includes an 8-page colour booklet featuring the song lyrics and credits, along with the artwork from the…

January 25, 20243min readScientists built a robotic dinosaur to terrify grasshoppers, all in hopes of understanding how truly pathetic wings could offer prehistoric animals an evolutionary advantageBy Meghan BartelsA grasshopper flees in response to the folding movement of Robopteryx’s hypothetical proto-wing display. The grasshopper’s escape behaviour is triggered by the hypothetical flush-display executed by the robot. The white arrow in the video indicates the grasshopper’s position before the jump. This is a 960 fps…

Akasa Air Orders 150 Boeing Jets To Expand Its Presence In The Indian Aviation Market. (Photo: Akasa Air)Akasa Air elevates its game with a bold move, ordering 150 Boeing jets at 'Wings India' air show. Aiming high in Indian aviation, plans for global expansion.At WINGS India 2024, Akasa Air, India’s fastest-growing airline, has solidified its position in the aviation industry with a firm order of 150 fuel-efficient Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.The order, comprising 737 MAX 10 and 737 MAX 8-200 jets, signifies a significant…

The biggest civil aviation event in Asia, Wings India 2024, began today, with minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurating it at Begumpet airport in Hyderabad, Telangana. The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Airports Authority of India (AAI), and Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) are coordinating the event, aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to fulfil the common man’s aspirations of flying. The success of the previous edition has spurred the collaborative efforts for this…

A plane wing that changes shape in flight to better handle the airflow crossing it could be on the horizon thanks to a materials science advance from researchers in Stockholm. The trick involves the melting and hole-punching power of lasers.Researchers out of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, experimented with paraffin. Working with a 2D version of the material, they were able to use lasers to poke tiny holes through the wax and then melt it very gradually to direct the liquid paraffin where they…

The first animals to fly on Earth could have very well evolved wings from their gills.A team of researchers from the Czech Republic and Germany have analyzed the prehistoric fossils of flying insects from roughly 300 million years ago and identified wing- and gill-like structures that look remarkably similar.The discovery suggests that some of the first winged insects were aquatic or semi-aquatic as larvae, and the results could help solve one of the greatest mysteries bugging evolutionary biologists today: Where did…