US-based aviation company breaks sound barrier
Boom Supersonic announced Greensboro's Piedmont Triad International Airport would be the home for its first full-scale manufacturing plant.
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Cara Romero’s landmark photography exhibition opens at The Hood Museum
On Jan. 17, “Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)” opened at the Hood Museum of Art. Curated by curatorial affairs ...
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11 years after opening, Nevada solar plant faces bleak future
What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under ...
Public land in Mojave Desert just named as California's newest national monument
Chuckwalla National Monument was established by outgoing President Joe Biden as one of his last actions to help restore ...
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First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the Southern California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. A sleek white aircraft ...
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test ...
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Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study
Paris (AFP) – Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens ...
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Mohave County deputies uncover abandoned vehicles in desert cleanup effort
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Over the past month, deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, in collaboration with the Arizona State Land Department, have been patrolling the desert areas near Lake ...