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US flights grounded highlights: FAA says 'systems stable' after thorough testing of flight operations

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A plane lands after the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a national ground stop "due to extraordinary circumstances and reasons for safety" in Arlington, Virginia, US, November 13.

A plane lands after the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a national ground stop “due to extraordinary circumstances and reasons for safety” in Arlington, Virginia, US, November 13. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lifted its nationwide ground stop, allowing airlines to resume departures after a communications issue disrupted air traffic control operations across … Read more

A 16-foot Burmese python weighing 147.9 pounds was released after radio-tagging in Florida; US scientists are now testing drones to track invasive snakes across the Everglades

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A 16-foot Burmese python weighing 147.9 pounds was released after radio-tagging in Florida; US scientists are now testing drones to track invasive snakes across the Everglades

Deep in the Florida Everglades, a vast and difficult landscape, scientists are trying a new way to find invasive Burmese pythons; they are looking from above. Researchers are testing small drones fitted with radio tracking equipment or cameras to locate snakes more efficiently, follow their movements across difficult terrain, and cut the cost of searching … Read more

Meet Kimberley Christopher, the Florida State doctoral candidate who developed a plasma process designed to destroy PFAS; after winning a collegiate pitch competition, she’s now testing the tech through NSF I-Corps

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Meet Kimberley Christopher, the Florida State doctoral candidate who developed a plasma process designed to destroy PFAS; after winning a collegiate pitch competition, she's now testing the tech through NSF I-Corps

A Florida State University doctoral candidate is trying to tackle one of the most persistent classes of environmental contaminants with a technology designed not just to capture PFAS, but potentially destroy them. Kimberley Christopher, a doctoral candidate in Florida State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has developed a patent-pending plasma process that uses electrons … Read more

An Auckland father built his children a backyard roller coaster from scratch during lockdown; after testing it with 90kg of concrete, he is now selling the entire setup for NZ$4,500

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An Auckland father built his children a backyard roller coaster from scratch during lockdown; after testing it with 90kg of concrete, he is now selling the entire setup for NZ$4,500

During the COVID-19 lockdown, while most people were busy making dalgona coffee and baking banana bread, a father in Auckland was watching other people’s backyard roller coasters on YouTube. Then he did what most of us never do after a video binge. He built one! That’s right.Bjorn Burton built a roller coaster in his backyard. … Read more

British Transport Police spent £320,786 testing live facial recognition at London stations and scanned more than 500,000 faces; the six-month trial produced one alert, and that person was wrongly identified

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British Transport Police spent £320,786 testing live facial recognition at London stations and scanned more than 500,000 faces; the six-month trial produced one alert, and that person was wrongly identified

A six-month trial of live facial recognition at London railway stations cost British Transport Police (BTP) £320,786 and scanned more than 500,000 faces, but it produced just one alert from the police watchlist. That alert turned out to be a false identification, with no arrest resulting directly from the technology during the trial period. The … Read more

A San Diego military base has brought in almost 500 goats to eat dry brush, testing a wildfire-risk reduction idea its fire chief backed for years

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A San Diego military base has brought in almost 500 goats to eat dry brush, testing a wildfire-risk reduction idea its fire chief backed for years

At Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, a new group of workers has arrived with a rather unusual job description. They are expected to spend the coming months eating their way through dry vegetation.The base has brought in 471 goats as part of a pilot project aimed at reducing the amount of flammable … Read more

A Maine oyster farm is testing a solar-powered floating conveyor that moves oyster baskets through water and air; one raft is designed for 125,000 oysters a year

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A Maine oyster farm is testing a solar-powered floating conveyor that moves oyster baskets through water and air; one raft is designed for 125,000 oysters a year

3-Dimensional Cultivation of Oysters Automated with Solar Tumbling Engineers and aquaculture experts in mid-coast Maine are testing a solar-powered floating system that could change how oysters are farmed. The platform uses a vertical conveyor to move oyster baskets between coastal waters and the open air.The system, called 3D-COAST (3-Dimensional Cultivation of Oysters Automated with Solar … Read more