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Test drive: Airstream’s new model for Millennials

Last SlideNext Slide Driving an Airstream can be daunting initially, simply because you get the feeling mdash; from all the waves and thumbs-up mdash; that everyonersquo;s watching.(Photo: Melanie D.G. Kaplan for USA TODAY) When I first told friends this summer … Continue reading →

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10 Ways Space Technology Benefits Our Earthly Existence

Alt Alert is a compact altitude pressurization monitoring system.(Photo: NASA) Throughout NASA’s long and industrious history, the space agency’s cutting-edge technologies have been adopted or adapted to suit various needs on Earth. For instance, the ear thermometer sitting in your … Continue reading →

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Guard’s old C-130s could get new life

Buy Photo Rep. John Carney, D-Del., talks with Col. Rob Culcasi of the 166th Airlift Wing during a 2014 visit to the New Castle Air National Guard Base to discuss his legislation to modernize the Air Guard’s fleet of C-130H2 … Continue reading →

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How Modern-Day Dirigibles Can Plug The World’s Transit Gaps

As any good steampunk will tell you, about a century ago airplanes and airships (blimps, dirigibles, zeppelins) shared the skies, vying almost neck-and-neck for dominance. From the turn of the 20th century through the 1930s, spacious lighter-than-air craft—usually rigid-framed ships … Continue reading →

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Theater Reviews: Fool for Love and Barbecue

The drug-addict mother, the fictional son, the defective airplane parts: Secrets are at the core of many great American plays. Sometimes they are secrets kept by one character from the others, or from the outer world; the drama is in … Continue reading →

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Analyzing Apple’s Statement on TSMC and Samsung A9 SoCs

Since we first learned that the A9 SoC in Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup is dual sourced – that is that it’s being made by two different vendors with two distinct manufacturing processes – one major question has remained in the … Continue reading →

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Lost at sea: Ship with 33 people missing in Hurricane Joaquin

(CNN)For more than 36 hours, there’s been no word from, and no sign of, the U.S.-flagged container ship El Faro. That means no news on what’s happened to the 28 Americans and five Poles aboard, faced with the full fury … Continue reading →

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