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...
The insects were identified as part of a project led by Emily Hartop of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, where local volunteers took part by setting up 24-hour insect traps at 30 sites across the city. "For us, it seemed like a no-brainer," says volunteer Walter Renwick. "We have two young bug-crazy children, a bug-crazy dad, and a very patient mom in our household."
Hartop then sifted through 10,000 fly specimens over a three-month period to identify the new species. Conveniently, each new member of the fly genusMegaselia could be matched to one of the backyards where it had been spotted, so researchers named each species after the corresponding citizen scientist.The finds reveal a surprising biodiversity in LA, one of the most smog-choked cities in the US.
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