A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said. The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website. Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
- Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse together).
- Flea's can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6ft. person jumping 780 ft. into the air.
- The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.
- Snakes are true carnivorous because they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant material.
- The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
- 100 years ago: The first virus was found in both plants and animals.
- 90 years ago: The Grand Canyon became a national monument & Cellophane is invented.
- 80 years ago: The food mixer and the domestic refrigerator were invented.
- 70 years ago: The teletype and PVC (polyvinyl-chloride) were invented.
- 60 years ago: Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission by splitting uranium, Teflon was invented.
- 50 years ago: Velcro was invented.
- 40 years ago: An all-female population of lizards was discovered in Armenia.
- 30 years ago: The computer mouse was invented.
- 20 years ago: First test-tube baby born in England, Pluto’s moon, Charon, discovered.
- 10 years ago: First patent for a genetically-engineered mouse was issued to Harvard Medical School.
- 5 years ago: The first successful cloning of human embryo
- The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes or stirrup bone located in the middle ear. It is approximately .11 inches (.28 cm) long.
- The longest cells in the human body are the motor neurons. They can be up to 4.5 feet (1.37 meters) long and run from the lower spinal cord to the big toe.
Comments
Post a Comment