Monthly Archives: December 2014

New website helps bring thousands of unmarked graves to life

The Hart Island Project launched its new interactive website, Hartisland.net, on Dec. 10. A new website is helping unearth the stories lurking within the city’s most mysterious burial place. Activists behind the push for access to a mass grave on … Continue reading

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Airliner tragedies cry out for real-time data: Our view

Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik gives the final touches to his sand sculpture Monday in Puri, India.(Photo: AFP/Getty Images) After more than two days of anxious waiting, searchers finally found bodies and debris from AirAsia Flight 8501 floating in the Java Sea … Continue reading

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This carbon fiber drone is technically a toy, but its indestructible design is …

One of the best, and perhaps worst, things about drones is that they blur the line between tool and toy. It’s why drones, or Unmanned Aerial Systems, are in such a regulatory gray area. Despite their great potential to be used … Continue reading

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Is [Your Invention Here] The Future of Aviation?

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One airline figured out how to make sure its airplanes never disappear

Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik gives the final touches to his sand sculpture portraying two missing aircraft, Air Asia QZ8501 and Malayasia Airlines MH370 on Golden Sea Beach at Puri, some 65 kms east of Bhubaneswar on December 29, 2014. … Continue reading

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How AirAsia flight compares to Air France 447 crash

By Bill Palmer Editor’s note: Bill Palmer, an Airbus A330 captain for a major airline, is the author of “Understanding Air France 447,” an explanation of the details and lessons of the crash of that aircraft in June 2009. The … Continue reading

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Family Time: Your teen’s loud music could be permanently damaging their hearing

Posted Dec. 29, 2014 @ 1:01 am Article source: http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20141229/News/141229569

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