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The Guardian reports that researchers have developed a new method to reduce the "tunnel boom" effect that occurs when ...

Tailevu North College has booked their place in the Vodafone Deans Under-19 semifinals after a narrow 18–17 victory over Naitasiri Secondary School in a closely fought quarterfinal at Prince Charles ...

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Wings: A History of Aviation From Kites to the Space Age, by Tom D. Crouch ...

A new microscope combines ultrafast light pulses with sound detection to map single-cell molecular activity far deeper than ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the south of the country, its ...

A helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, on Thursday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed. Two people were aboard the aircraft when it ...