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Science of sisterhood: Girls STEM Institute encourages education, ‘authentic selves’

Description of the following video: [Video: A group of young girls, who are attending the Girls STEM Institute, sit in a classroom. One is raising her hand to ask her teacher a question. Each is wearing a lime-green T-shirt that … Continue reading

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Boeing Loses a 737 MAX Order to Airbus

Saudi Arabian airline Flyadeal over the weekend canceled a provisional order for up to 50 737 MAX jets, and instead chose to go with an Airbus model, according to reports. This is the second cancellation of a MAX order since … Continue reading

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Focus: X-Ray Movie Reveals Origin of Metal Splashing

Splash zone. When a high-powered laser (red) strikes a metal (transparent block) during a 3D printing process, a puddle of liquid metal (yellow) forms. Inside that puddle is a vapor-filled depression called a keyhole. Movies of the process, produced using … Continue reading

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Boeing’s 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers

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ANALYSIS: How the A321XLR gained initial order momentum

When looking at the launch of the Airbus A321XLR at this year’s Paris air show, it is perhaps instructive to cast your mind back two years earlier to the 2017 event. That edition of the biennial show saw the launch, … Continue reading

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Environmental Monitoring Continues At Old Las Cruces Landfill

On June 20th, more than 30 residents came out to Desert Hills Elementary to hear Las Cruces Utilities (LCU) present the Assessment of Corrective Measures Report (ACM) on what is known today as the “Old Foothills Landfill” (OFL) at 555 … Continue reading

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Modelers take to clear morning skies in Rush Township

ELYSBURG — Dave Hughes’s passion for piloting radio-controlled model aircraft set in more than 40 years ago. His fiancé, Diana Yarlet, essentially married into the hobby — and she did so Saturday. Hughes and Yarlet wed on a grassy airstrip … Continue reading

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