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Solar plane lands in New York City

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...

Aquariums have health benefits'

Individuals who invest energy in aquariums could enhance their physical and mental well being, a study has recommended.  And enhancing individuals' disposition, the test indicated "noteworthy" diminished in members' heart rates and pulse, the creators included.  Past studies have connected contact with nature and enhanced well being yet this study is accepted to be the initially controlled analysis of its kind.  The discoveries show up in the diary Environment and Behavior.  "There have been a couple of studies that have taken a gander at things like the quantity of feathered creature or butterfly species in parks and analysts have gotten some information about how they felt," clarified co-creator Mathew White from the University of Exeter's European Center for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH).  "By and large, individuals felt more content in stops that had more winged creatures or more butterflies, despite the fact that individuals did...

Last five Northern White Rhino left in the world has died

One of the last five Northern White Rhino left in the world has died.  Nabire, a 31-year-old female, died at the Dvur Kralove zoo in the Czech Republic on Monday evening of a ruptured cyst.  Her death leaves just three females and one male alive; one of them at the San Diego Zoo and three at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy reserve in Kenya.  The sub-species has been on the brink of extinction for years because of hunting and habitat loss.  "The pathological cyst inside the body of Nabire was huge. There was no way to treat it," said Jiří Hrubý, a rhino curator at the zoo. Nabire was born at the Czech Zoo and was one of the last hopes for the animal. She was plagued with reproductive cysts, but conservationists had long hoped to harvest eggs from her healthy left ovary to use for in vitro fertilization (IVF).  One attempt was made to do this while Nabire was still alive. After her death the ovary was removed and taken to a specialised lab in Italy. If it...

A Fly rediscovered in Britain 147 years back

A fly thought to be terminated in the UK has been found in a Devon nature save.  The rhaphium pectinatum was last recorded in Britain 147 years back in 1868 yet was rediscovered in Old Sludge Beds on the edges of Exeter.   The fly is from the Dolichopidiae family, a gathering known as since quite a while ago legged flies, and is generally found in tropical parts of the world.   Devon Fly Group part Rob Wolton said he was shocked by the find.  The keep going recorded locating was on 19 July 1868 when the Victorian entomologist George Verrall got a male and female at Richmond in south-west London. Mr Wolton, who is also a member of Dipterists Forum, which specialises in the study of flies, said: "Imagine my surprise when I examined my catch that evening to find it included a fly that was presumed extinct in Britain.  "Nothing is known about its biology, but it seems that it may like brackish conditions like those found at the Old Sludge Beds.  Th...

An aurora has been spotted outside our Solar System

An aurora has been spotted outside our Solar System interestingly, researchers report. A global group distinguished the light show around a cocoa predominate around 18 light years away in the Lyra heavenly body. They say the brilliant sparkle resembles Aurora Borealis, however is up to a million times brighter and more red than green in shading. The discoveries are accounted for in the diary Nature.  Dr Stuart Littlefair, a space expert from the University of Sheffield, said: "This is the first occasion when that we have affirmed we are seeing auroras on cocoa midgets." Shining auroras are a portion of the Earth's most stunning presentations. This brilliant gleam can likewise show up around every one of the planets in our Solar System.They are brought on when charged particles from the Sun communicate with the air.  Be that as it may, the lit up chestnut midget, an item which is too little to have turned into a star yet excessively gigantic, making it impossi...