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...
In a Costa Rican jungle, scientists have found a new species of glass frog that bears a striking resemblance to popular Muppet, Kermit the Frog, CNET reports. In a new study published in Zootaxa, researchers describe the tiny doppelgänger, noting differences in its skin, call, and eyes. Like other glass frogs, it also has transparent abdominal skin, which allows a relatively clear view of its internal organs. The find marks the first new species of glass frog identified since 1973, scientists say.
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