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Green machines? Flying taxis could slash emissions for long journeys 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
An artistic rendering of an electric vertical takeoff and landing taxi cruising through an urban center. Dave Brenner/University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
NASA turns its focus to earth with aid partnership 09 Apr 2019 - 09:35 pm
Thousands of houses in New Orleans remain under water one week after Hurricane Katrina went through Louisiana Mississippi, and Alabama in this September 5, 2005 file photo. Reuters / Allen Fredrickson
Hong Kong admits world's largest air purifier choked on debut 09 Apr 2019 - 06:34 pm
The eye-catching air purification system in Hong Kong suffered a malfunction shortly after it began operating. (AFP/Vivek Prakash)
Pearls of wisdom: Japan's cultured farms still glisten 09 Apr 2019 - 06:34 pm
A farmer of the Sakaguchi Akoya pearl farm cleans oysters in Shima on October 12, 2018.  AFP / Martin Bureau
Survival in arid eastern Chad depends on struggle for water 09 Apr 2019 - 06:34 pm
A hawker looks on after filling barils with water in the wadis Moura in Hadjer Hadid, in the Ouaddaï region, in eastern Chad, on March 24, 2019.  AFP / Amaury Hauchard
Dogs can sniff out cancer in blood with 97% accuracy 09 Apr 2019 - 01:33 pm
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Chevrolet Tahoe RST wins ‘Best Performance Full Size SUV’ award 09 Apr 2019 - 09:10 am
The Chevrolet team members pose for a group photo.
A short first hop for 'drone taxi' in Vienna 09 Apr 2019 - 01:04 am
hristian Bauer, Volocopter's head of business development, poses sitting in a passenger drone Volocopter 2X during a media preview at Rotorcraft and Unmanned Systems exhibition in Singapore on April 8, 2019. / AFP / Roslan Rahman
DNA reveals US Revolutionary War hero was likely intersex 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
Kazimierz Pu?aski at Cz?stochowa during Bar Confederation (Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)
Where's the beef? Drought-parched Botswana struggles to keep cattle culture alive 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
Botswana's farmer Skandi Mokweba look over his four calves near his home in Mosinki, a village near Molepolole in southeast Botswana, March 19, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Sharon Tshipa
Farmers and nomads take to violence in drought-stricken Chad 08 Apr 2019 - 05:21 pm
Farmers find a shelter under a mango tree to avoid the heat and the sun, on the road between Adre and Farchana, in the region of Ouaddaï, on March 25, 2019.  AFP / Amaury Hauchard
Against the tide: Thai 'floating temple' defies coastal erosion 08 Apr 2019 - 05:21 pm
This aerial photo taken on March 9, 2019 shows a view of a Buddhist temple isolated by coastal erosion in Samut Chin village, off the shore of Samut Prakan. AFP / Jonathan Klein
The horns of the Broto, a Central African tradition under threat 08 Apr 2019 - 05:21 pm
A Broto musician blows into the side of his wooden instrument to produce a deep, resonant sound from the bell.  AFP / Florent Vergnes
When it comes to host gifts, a homemade take on the Almond Joy raises the bar 08 Apr 2019 - 01:34 pm
Bring Joy Coconut Chocolate Candies. Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post; food styling by The Washington Post's Bonnie Benwick.
Walking top choice of fitness enthusiasts in India 08 Apr 2019 - 01:26 pm
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Hungarian Roma designer fights stereotypes with fashion 07 Apr 2019 - 11:39 pm
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Brussels boy to pee-cycle after landmark leak inquiry 07 Apr 2019 - 11:19 pm
Brussels' energy technician Regis Callens points at the Manneken-pis landmark statue in Brussels on April 2, 2019.  AFP/Emmanuel Dunand
Anti-apartheid activists laid to rest in peace, 50 years on 07 Apr 2019 - 09:48 pm
Pulane Koboekae looks at a picture of her older brother Richard Motsoahae during a tour of the gallows at Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria, South Africa on August 15, 2018. AFP / Phill Magakoe