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From flying planes to stacking shelves — Virgin Australia staff react to airline's insolvency

Virgin Australia's potential collapse has left staff scrambling for jobs, as tourism and aviation industries prepare for the threat of major player leaving the market.




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'Look at it fly!': Pentagon releases footage of 'unidentified aerial phenomena'

Videos of unidentified flying objects have been officially released by the Department of Defense after unauthorised distribution in 2007 and 2017.




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Rare ‘Morning Glory’ cloud dazzles Virgin flyers

ONE of the world’s most spectacular clouds made a dramatic entrance for passengers on an Adelaide-bound jet.




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Justice Department to drop Michael Flynn's Trump-Russia case

In an abrupt about-face, the Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry...




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What Phyllis Schlafly’s Heirs Could Learn From Her

The Hulu series reminds us that her greatest strength was toughness without anger.




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Coronavirus: Young people are keen to fly again, says airline boss

Wizz Air's József Váradi says budget airlines will be in high demand once the pandemic ends.




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Valensa's Parry Organic Spirulina, Chlorella, Microalgae Earn Non-GMO Project Butterfly

Valensa International announced Non-GMO Project has been awarded to Valensa’s Organic Spirulina, Chlorella and Microalgae products.





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Who told Flynn to call Russia?

       




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The Fur (And The Feathers) Keep Flying, Part I

Japanese designer Chie Imai has created bolero jackets for her fall '08 collection that mix fur from chinchillas with recycled polyester fabric from Teijin Ltd., and she's calling it eco-fur. Imai argues that fur is an 'ecological' product because it can




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The Fur Keeps Flying, Part II

If the fur-trimmed recycled-polyester bolero jacket we wrote about in Part I of this entry is very questionably eco, what about a bedspread or throw pillows from pesky possums threatening to overrun New Zealand's flora and fauna?




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Photo: Pelican flyby demonstrates perfect form

Our photo of the day comes from Florida's John D MacArthur Beach State Park.




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Artist's zoetrope animates the miraculous metamorphosis of the butterfly (Video)

Inspired by her own spine-shattering accident, this sculpture shows the struggle and transformation of these remarkable insects.




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French startup will put 'flying' electric water taxis to work in Paris

It's like Uber for 'flying' water cars, with an über-cute name: SeaBubbles.




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Plane Food Café Delivers the Joys of Flying Without The CO2

George Monbiot told us that flying is dying; London artist Richard DeDomenici tells us that a return transatlantic flight is equivalent in CO2 and pollution output to driving a car 30 miles a day for a year. So the artist/humorist has




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The high carbon cost of flying flowers

This Valentine's Day, shop local.




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One man's DIY conservation effort helps rare butterfly rebound in San Francisco

Using a bit of research and lots of careful gardening, this man was able to help reestablish a population of rare butterflies in his backyard.




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Photo: The tricky eye of a blushing phantom butterfly

Our photo of the day comes from the rainforest of Ecuador.




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How Rob Hopkins Gave Up on Giving Up On Flying

When rob Hopkins watched "An Inconvenient Truth", he vowed never to fly again. When he watched "Chasing Ice", he decided to get back on a plane. Here's why.




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Photo: Blushing phantom butterfly is both flirty and demure

Our photo of the day reveals a butterfly of most beautiful contradictions.




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Fiskars Momentum Reel Mower Doubles Your Effort with Flywheel Action

Image: Fiskars If it's true that gas-powered lawn mowers crank out 5% of the nation's air pollution, then it's truly time to consider workable alternatives. If we haven't convinced you to replace your lawn with a xeriscape or food forest, you might want




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Biggest Bucky Fuller Fly Eye Dome being restored and moved to France

Robert Rubin saves " the last, monumental prototype that Bucky was working on when he died".




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Fracking explosion sends "Frac Stack" flying [PHOTOS]

Last night, on her show, Rachel Maddow showed some incredible photos of an explosive accident at a Texas fracking site. After seeing the photos, you'll be surprised to learn that thankfully no one was killed.




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Flying With Canopy in The Costa Rican Rainforest (Photos + Video)

Although activities that mess with local ecosystems to let humans experience nature usually seem intrusive, looking at the canopy face to face while slowly traveling in an aerial tram in the Costa Rican rainforest is a fairly




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Video Recreates Flying Amusement Park in Buenos Aires, Offers Refreshing View of the City

Cities can be a lot of fun seems to be the message of awesome video from Argentinean creator.




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Super fly hearing powers captured in miniature microphone

This biomimicry success promises advanced hearing aids as the headphone generation ages




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Is it time to charge passengers the true cost of flying?

If it weren't so subsidized, it would be a lot more expensive, and people might fly a lot less.




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The Skyrider 2.0 just might be the greenest way to fly

We have standing room in landbuses, so why not airbuses?




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Should we just stop flying to conferences?

It really isn't necessary but it sure is a lot of fun and you learn a lot. I am conflicted.




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Is flying dying? No, it is growing faster than ever

It's expected that by 2037 the number of people flying will double.




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Could 'flygskam' change the way we travel?

The Swedish word, which translates to 'flight shame', is driving interest in climate-friendly trains, longer stays, and frequent flier taxes.




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I am flying to another conference and I know I shouldn't

The question of flight shaming keeps coming up, and there has been some significant pushback.




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KLM to fly on 'sustainable aviation fuel' made from cooking oil

They say it reduces CO2 emissions by 80 percent. Does it really?




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Danish newspaper will cut most flying and change its travel section

There is a lot of money to be made in the travel section. Should other media follow their example?




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This could be the last drone video flyover of Apple Park

Videographer Duncan Sinfield says "it's only a matter of time until the campus becomes shut-off to drones completely."




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Frequent flyer programs should be abolished, report says

They incentivize air travel at a time when people should be flying less.




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What's the true carbon footprint of flying?

We usually just talk about the plane, but it is a lot bigger than that.




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Should performers be flying to distant music festivals?

The director of Celtic Connections questions the ethics of bringing in foreign artists to perform.




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If cows could fly: What's in United Airlines' biofuel?

It turns out that it's probably beef fat.




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Dragonfly wind turbine aims to blend in, produce power in low wind conditions

While large wind turbines remain the dominant force in wind power, wider adoption may lie with small-scale turbines fit for urban and low wind conditions.




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Pilot flying rescued baby chimp to safety is a heart-melting thing

The moral of the story is: Some people are awful, some people are heroes, and baby chimps are irresistable.




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Canada, USA and Mexico promise butterfly highway

Is this the thin edge of a much bigger wedge?




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Hyundai introduces flying Ubers, rolling toaster-cars

I can't wait for this exciting new world of urban mobility.




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Is shaming people for flying effective?

Greta Thunberg's sailboat journey has triggered a heated debate over how to encourage people to take climate action.




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A SpaceX launch puts out as much CO2 as flying 341 people across the Atlantic

Is Spaceflight-shaming the next big thing after flight-shaming? Or do we have bigger things to worry about?




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Ephemeral butterfly jewelry brilliantly imitates the real thing

No real butterflies were harmed in the making of these magical pieces that flutter and float with the wind.




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Fly better electrically in the Airlander 10

This could be the future of slow travel.