Yahoo Autos Warp Speed, Flight Attendants And Tsunamis
Making The Jump To Warp Speed Might Actually Be Possible One Day
There have been some awesome inventions in the world of science fiction over the years. Whether it’s the Tardis from “Dr Who” and its miraculous traveling abilities or the teleporting talents of the protagonists in “Jumper,” sci-fi has a knack for dreaming up marvelous modes of transport. Now, however, scientists believe one sci-fi invention could, in fact, become a reality: the warp drive. - Owen Bellwood Read More
American Airlines Flight Attendants Can’t Afford Food, Shelter
Modern air travel is often terrible. Cramped seats, tiny luggage compartments — the list goes on. Yet, most of us in those cramped seats actually have it far better than the folks strolling the aisles, who — at least on American Airlines flights — earn barely over $27,000 per year while forced to live in major metro areas, often sleeping in their cars to make up the cost difference. - Amber DaSilva Read More
Airline Pulls Out Its Biggest Jet Just To Get Stranded Taylor Swift Fans To Their Show
Taylor Swift and her all encompassing Eras Tour took America by storm last year, breaking concert attendance records, sparking a political debate about how we buy tickets and proving that public transit is essential to many Americans. Now, the singer has taken the show international and at her stop off in Australia managed to force one airline to fly a massive Airbus A380 jet domestically. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Two Planes Nearly Collide On Runway As One Lands While The Other is Still Taking Off
Two planes nearly collided with each other on a runway at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai after one flight landed while the other one was still rolling down the runway on June 8. In a real shocker, the Air Traffic Control officer responsible has been derostered by officials. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More
110-Year-Old Bridge Accidentally Blown Up After Engineers ‘Forgot’ To Get Approval
What kind of repercussions are there if you make a mistake at work? Maybe you pump the wrong gas for a driver in New Jersey, shred the wrong screenplay and break a budding writer’s heart or accidentally use soap on the Cybertruck production line leading to a massive recall. Whatever mistake you made, it can’t be as bad as the mess up the Swiss rail operator made when it blew up a 110-year-old bridge earlier this year. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Spontaneous Tsunamis Could Take Out Cruise Ships
Landslide-generated tsunamis don’t come with any warning signs and they’re impossible to predict. Tsunami scientists are meeting with vessel operators in Alaska this month to put together some practical guidelines for captains to use in the case they encounter one of these snap tsunamis. These recommendations will be useful for the hundreds of tour ships that navigate the large landslide-prone coastlines of Alaska, Greenland, Chile, Norway, and New Zealand. Hopefully this summit will help prepare ships, and save lives in the process. A tsunami hasn’t killed any boat passengers in Alaska in 60 years, but as ice mass continues to dwindle in the face of a warming climate, the probability of a big event increases. - Bradley Brownell Read More
Space Travel Makes You Dumber
Traveling to space should be an eye-opening experience, one that gives you a new perspective of humanity and its place in the cosmos. But while you might think an experience like this would make a person infinitely wiser, a new report found that space travel could actually make you a little bit dumber. - Owen Bellwood Read More
NASA Freaks Everyone Out By Broadcasting Audio Of Astronaut With Simulated Decompression Sickness
NASA confirmed that audio from a simulation channel dedicated to dealing with disaster scenarios was inadvertently broadcast Wednesday on its YouTube channel. The audio indicated that an astronaut was in distress onboard the International Space Station with a tenuous chance of survival, a terrifying scenario for enthusiasts following the feed. - Ryan Erik King Read More
Massive Hailstorm Smashes The Nose And Windscreen On Airbus Jet
It’s a scary time to be flying these days; if it’s not deadly turbulence made worse by climate change and parts falling off Boeing planes left, right and center, then it’s massive hailstorms ripping planes to pieces. That’s exactly what happened in Europe this weekend, when the nose of an Airbus jet was ripped apart by an icy storm. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Buy Your Dad Lego’s Sick New Lamborghini Countach LP5000 For Father’s Day
Lego has always been a favorite of the automotive community. It allows those of us that are creative to literally build the stuff of dreams, from working engines to full cars made out of the bricks. Since 2008, the company has continuously released special edition kits of iconic vehicles under its Lego Icons brand. That tradition continues with Lego Icons’ latest release: the Lamborghini Countach LP5000 Quattrovalvole. - Lawrence Hodge Read More
