A futuristic car that can transform into a small aircraft has passed tests and is now certified to fly. AirCar, the dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle, has been issued the official Certificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority, it was announced on Jan. 24. It follows the successful completion of 70 hours of rigorous flight testing…
’AirCar’: Futuristic Flying Car Receives Its Official Airworthiness Certificate
Cooking Close to the Heart
To chef Jake Wood, who began his career cooking at top restaurants in Raleigh, North Carolina, his grandmother remains the best chef ever. Growing up down the street from his grandparents’ house in rural North Carolina, Wood remembers many family meals featuring his grandma’s “country soul cooking.” “In my memories as a kid, those times…
A Young Man Spends 3 Months Building Stunning Scale Model of Manhattan From Circuit Boards and Other E-waste
Surrounded by old circuit boards, copper wires, and dismembered electronics, Zayd Menk, 21, uses Google Maps to measure the dimensions of a New York high-rise and then takes out his saw. He is building a model of Midtown Manhattan out of discarded e-waste. Menk, originally from Zimbabwe, is currently living in the UK where he…
Family of 6 Escapes House Fire Thanks to Adopted Dog Who Wakes Them: ‘She’ll Never Quite Understand How Grateful We Are’
Just days before Christmas, one Minnesota dad woke in his house to the screams of his eldest daughter outside his bedroom door. He could smell smoke. It turns out, the former National Guardsman, Devin Haegeman, 29, his wife, still enlisted Guardswoman Hannah, 23, and their four kids might not have escaped their burning Nevis home…
VIDEO: Artist Creates Mind-Blowing Month Timelapse of Sun in 4K Using Data From NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
February 2, 2022
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No wonder ancient cultures once worshipped the sun as a god. It is the giver of all life on Earth upon which our existence depends. But while the Greeks once portrayed our closest star as the charioteer Apollo, arcing across the sky, pulled by winged horses, today high-powered telescopes orbiting in the stratosphere capture the…
Henry III Gold Coin Found by Amateur Metal Detectorist Sells at Auction for $875,000
A rare 13th century King Henry III gold penny, found on farmland by an amateur metal detectorist, has sold at auction in London, England, for over three-quarters of a million dollars. Not only will it go down in history as Britain’s “most valuable single coin find,” but it is also the “most expensive English medieval…
Legendary Journey: The Kevin Sorbo Story
Kevin Sorbo, most recognized for his starring role in the critically acclaimed television series, “Hercules: The Legendary Journey,” is strong in more ways than one. While performing in the show that made him a household name, Sorbo trained in the gym every day for six hours, no matter how far into the night filming took…
Raising a Forest by Hand
“The hills bear all manner of fantastic shapes,” Charles Bessey observed, noting that they sometimes featured open pockets of bare sand in blowouts and were “provokingly steep and high.” Bessey was describing the Sandhills, the area of post-glacial dunes wrought by mighty winds in north-central and northwestern Nebraska. Aided by his botany students from the…
How Ippolita Rostagno Is Bringing Italian Craftsmanship to America
February 1, 2022
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Thirty years ago, Italians began discouraging their children from entering the design and craft industry. Ippolita Rostagno, whose dual citizenship offered her the good fortune of growing up in Florence and later studying in the United States, has been traveling back and forth between the two countries for many years. As time advanced, she noticed…
For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Last Traditional Bell Foundry
A bell that tolls rings of timeless tradition. For centuries, peals demonstrated an immortal effort to give glory to God. Funerals, weddings, and church services employ bells, signalling to humanity an aural expression to contemplate all there is, seen and unseen. However, in Ruther Glen, Virginia, tangible sounds of bells ringing late into the night…
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