The challenging flight tests included the full range of flight and performance manoeuvres and demonstrated an astonishing static and dynamic stability in the aircraft mode. AirCar flew 70+ hours of test flights, incl. cross country with 200 takeoffs and landings.

Alan Turing was born 103 years ago on June 23, 1912. Google celebrates "the father of computer science and artificial intelligence" with an interactive "intelligence test doodle". It's a kind of "Turing machine". The Alan Turing doodle that Google posted on the occasion of British mathematician and...

Prof. Simon Carding, Leader of the Gut Health and Food Safety Research Programme, Institute of Food Research and Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia, describes our current understanding of the human gut and its relationship with its human host and introduce the provocative propos...

James Dean, who died in a 1955 car crash at the age of 24, is making an unexpected return to the big screen. The cultural icon, known for Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden, has been posthumously cast in the Vietnam era action-drama Finding Jack. Directed by Anton Ernst and Tati Golykh, the proj

Thousands join virtual demonstration against new "Protest Law" in Spain. Protesters in Spain have come up with a novel way of taking on a new law that limits the rights of the public to take part in demonstrations. There was a large turnout, but nobody even came close to being arrested – because no

Following in the tradition of The Celluloid Closet, this new five hour limited series for Apple+ chronicles the history of queer representation on the small screen, from the inception of TV all the way to the present. Featuring candid interviews from pioneers like Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah Winfrey and ...

I hope that this Adon Olam, composed by Cantor Pinchas Minkowsky (1859-1924) of the Brodsky Synagogue in Odessa inspires your prayers and actions for peace in Ukraine. Praying for the safety of the Ukrainian people and wishing you a Shabbat Shalom.

This report by NHK World explains their findings while attempting to report on the spread of the coronavirus through droplets while caughing, sneasing and even while talking. Interesting thesis.

The 2021 Grammy Awards are a long ways away, but we still have some early favorites for who will take home the coveted Album of the Year! On Jan. 31, 2021, the 63rd GRAMMY Awards will be happening, rain or shine, COVID-19 vaccine or not. The health and safety of artists, guests, crew and staff is al...

3D Systems introduced their ChefJet line of food 3D printers at CES 2014, which will be the first kitchen-ready food printer when it's released later this year. We learn about how the ChefJet works and what kinds of food and shapes it can make, and then taste test some geometric sugar candy and choc...