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DoD’s latest UFO report includes commercial flight near-miss

Nov 19, 2024

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A still of an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) from a video recorded by US Navy fighter jets in 2015

It’s not just the Mulders of the world watching the skies anymore – the Scullys are getting involved. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has released its latest report on UFOs, with some intriguing stats and stories.

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Tags: Aerial, Department of Defense, Extraterrestrial, Aircraft, Flying Saucer, drones

Studdable electric fat bike varies torque to master slick terrain

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The icy fingers of winter are starting to grip folks in the Northern Hemisphere. Generally this might mean packing away the bike until things warm up a little. But the latest electric ride from Giant has been designed for “those who embrace the thrill of winter riding.” Continue Reading Category: Bicycles, Transport Tags: ebikes, Pedal-assisted,...

Hydrogen-powered, box-winged eVTOL makes first untethered flight

Nov 19, 2024

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We’ve been following the development of Australia’s AMSL Aero’s longe-range, hydrogen-powered Vertiia eVTOL for some time and now the box-winged tilt-rotor aircraft has completed its first free flight after over a year of 50 tethered tests. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft, Transport Tags: eVTOL, Flight Tests, Hydrogen Aviation

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Haruki Murakami Has Lost the Sauce

Nov 19, 2024

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Photo: Richard Dumas/Agence VU/Redux More than any other contemporary writer, Haruki Murakami has become the poster boy for a particular type of global novel — deracinated, stripped of local references that might stump international audiences, and generally written in a simplified form of its original language, the better to ease...

Anthony Boyle Didn’t Have To Do Much Research For Say Nothing

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Photo: Huy Luong for New York Magazine/ In the early years of his life as an actor, Anthony Boyle made the strategic decision not to play what he called the “Belfast lad” — the kind of rough-and-tumble Northern Irish guy, fond of a pint and a good yarn and not...

Artist Vivian Reiss’s Murray Hill House of Whimsy

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The circa-1850 townhouse looks conventional enough from the street. But once through the doors, you’re in Vivian Reiss’s world. One room is painted ballet-slipper pink, and all the walls are hung with her big colorful paintings. Reiss says, “I had this idea of a Gustavian color palette,” meaning … More...

DoD’s latest UFO report includes commercial flight near-miss

Studdable electric fat bike varies torque to master slick terrain

Hydrogen-powered, box-winged eVTOL makes first untethered flight

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Haruki Murakami Has Lost the Sauce

Anthony Boyle Didn’t Have To Do Much Research For Say Nothing

Artist Vivian Reiss’s Murray Hill House of Whimsy

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