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The battle over distance records sets up a fascinating race to be the first to teleport to an orbiting satellite
Just a couple of weeks ago, we discussed a Chinese experiment in which physicists teleported photons over a distance of almost 100 kilometres. That’s almost an order of magnitude more than previous records.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is suing several big banks over soured mortgage securities that were purchased by failed lenders the regulator seized in 2009.
The Synergy aircraft, propelled by a fan in back and buoyed by a boxy tail, promises to be cheaper, safer, quieter, and vastly more efficient than a jet airplane. The hitch is that it doesn’t quite exist yet, but it’s nearly halfway to its goal on Kickstarter, so now is your chance to invest.
The shape is not unlike the jets of the future we looked at in our May issue, but the technology is very different. A quarter-scale flying prototype was unveiled a year ago, demonstrating the unique “induced drag reduction” method developed by inventor John McGinnis.
I’m very curious to see the full-size prototype in action.
from Popular Science – New Technology, Science News, The Future Now
The sophistication of congressional speech-making is on the decline, according to the open government group the Sunlight Foundation. Since 2005, the average grade level at which members of Congress speak has fallen by almost a full grade.
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from Morning Edition
Most of the time you head to Google Maps with an address in your head (or clipboard) with the goal of seeing it on a map. For those few times when you’re looking at a Google Map and thinking, “I wonder what the address is here,” Google Maps has a handy shortcut for you: More »
from Lifehacker
Signing up for airline rewards miles is easy and free, and it’s easy to pile them up if you do any traveling. The trouble starts when you need to redeem those miles for tickets, or discounts. Some airlines are better than others, and the worst ones force you to jump through hoops or change your travel date to get your money’s worth, and the folks at Ideaworks looked into which airlines were the most receptive to rewards redemptions. More »
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