Aerion's AS2 supersonic business jet gets extra engine and cabin space: "Aerion Corporation has upped the cabin size and added an extra engine to the first in its planned range of supersonic business jets currently on the drawing board. Designed with Supersonic Natural Laminar Flow (SNLF) wing technology that was tested in transonic wind tunnel tests and in NASA flight trials, the Aerion AS2 will now use a set of three smaller jet engines in place of its previous large two-jet design to provide quieter running, improved take-off performance, and longer range."
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Monday, May 26, 2014
5 Fantastic Short Stories You Can Read Online For Free
5 Fantastic Short Stories You Can Read Online For Free: "May is Short Story Month. Celebrate by immersing yourself in the genius of these truly great authors.
Short stories have been an often overlooked art; tales crammed with wonder and ideas and character. They show writers at the height of their powers – capable of creating worlds in an instant. But they’re finally getting a proper look-in, thanks to some of the best in the business whose weight of work consists largely of tight, succinct bursts of prose.
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Short stories have been an often overlooked art; tales crammed with wonder and ideas and character. They show writers at the height of their powers – capable of creating worlds in an instant. But they’re finally getting a proper look-in, thanks to some of the best in the business whose weight of work consists largely of tight, succinct bursts of prose.
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Scientists build super-maglev train that could hit 1,800 mph
Scientists build super-maglev train that could hit 1,800 mph: "Scientists at Southwest Jiaotong University in China have reportedly built a maglev train that could reach 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h). According to The Daily Mail, a vacuum is used to minimize air resistance. Project lead Dr Deng Zigang claims it could be used for military or space launch systems."
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Backlash to Big Bang Discovery Gathers Steam - Scientific American
Backlash to Big Bang Discovery Gathers Steam - Scientific American: "On March 17 Paul Steinhardt, a physicist at Princeton University, abandoned a theory he’d been championing for more than a decade. Known as the “ekpyrotic universe” model, it was an alternative to the prevailing theory of inflation, which says the cosmos expanded faster than the speed of light in the first fraction of a fraction of a second of the big bang. If inflation is true, then the process should have released a burst of gravity waves; in Steinhardt’s model, they shouldn’t exist."
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