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This Weird Australian Drone Is a Tailsitter Biplane That Can Launch From a Helipad
Nearly 120 years into the history of modern flight, I did not expect biplanes to make a comeback in drone form. Yet the STRIX, from the Australian wing of defence giant BAE Systems, is exactly that. What’s more, this odd duck of a biplane drone is a tailsitter, resting on its wheels at an angle…
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As Star Wars Brings Back Boba Fett, His Ship Name Might Be Left Behind
For decades, the infamous Firespray-31 of Boba Fett — and his father before him, Jango — has been known as the Slave 1. But as Boba himself is thrust back into the Star Wars spotlight, that name might not be coming with him, thanks to a policy that’s recently been made rather prominent itself.
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Space Force Personnel Will Be Called ‘Guardians’ Because Sure, Whatever
Outbound Vice President/gynophobe-in-chief Mike Pence announced at a press conference on Friday that enlisted personnel in the Space Force will be referred to as “Guardians.”
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A ‘Climate Anomaly’ Worsened World War I and the 1918 Flu Pandemic, New Research Suggests
A once-in-a-century “climate anomaly” exacerbated the awful conditions along the Western Front in Europe during the First World War, according to new research. This unusual weather may have also amplified — and possibly even initiated — the catastrophic 1918-19 flu pandemic, exposing an underappreciated threat posed by climate change.