Chuck Yeager, the most famous test pilot of his generation, who was the first to break the sound barrier and, thanks to Tom Wolfe, came to personify the death-defying aviator who possessed the elusive yet unmistakable “right stuff,” died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 97. Read the
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dedicated a display to President Donald Trump in Israel’s Cabinet meeting room on Sunday, in honour of the third anniversary of Trump’s historic decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The plaque hangs alongside a similar one, dedicated to the
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Today’s Stuff up was made by a Netflix series where they filmed the famous Buzzy Bee scene in the wrong country mistaking Australia for New Zealand somehow. Fair suck of the sav mate how in blazes did those dumb Americans mistake our cuzies for true blue, dinky di Kiwis?
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Cybathlon 2020 was a recent cyborg Olympics in which people with physical disabilities competed using exoskeletons, bionic limbs, and other technology. In one race, competitors with quadriplegia wore scalp sensors that detected their brain waves and allowed them to steer vehicles on the screen. From IEEE Spectrum: Pilots controlled the
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How disappointing that Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party has already reneged on the promised investigation. @NZNationalParty https://t.co/E15CkAnEFF — Judith Collins (@JudithCollinsMP) December 3, 2020 I expect that @paddygowernz & @NewshubPolitics would want to follow up on that one. No other Party to blame.. Just Labour. https://t.co/
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