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Self-driving taxis raise concerns in China.
Attracting attention as they zip past buildings and shopping malls, self-driving taxis are slowly spreading across many Chinese cities, surprising and worrying many.
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Passenger on plane records close-up of diamond-shaped UFO
Many tourists witnessed mysterious diamond-shaped UFOs flying alongside commercial aircraft.
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How terrible is a car accident at 200km/h?
When it comes to high-speed collisions, people often imagine terrifying scenarios: loss of vehicle control, deafening collisions, rapid deformation of the vehicle body,…
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China tests high-speed train that can be as fast as a plane
China has successfully tested for the first time a high-speed passenger train that can fly in a vacuum tube at a speed of 1,000km/h.
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Why do pilots and flight attendants always wear different seat belts than passengers?
Many people may not know that flight crew members use a different seat belt system than passengers.
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Why don't passengers parachute to escape when a civil plane crashes?
Before designing passenger planes, parachutes were not considered for passengers, and even the crew did not have parachutes.
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A switch on a plane caused all passengers and pilots to fall into a coma, killing 121 people.
Two fighter jets were sent up to check what was happening to Helios Flight 522.
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The world's longest driverless metro system
Saudi Arabia has launched the Riyadh Metro driverless metro system, which can carry 3.6 million passengers per day when completed.
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Panorama of 25 passenger stations of the North-South high-speed railway super project
Phase 1 includes the Hanoi - Vinh and Nha Trang - Ho Chi Minh City sections, which will be put into operation from 2032. The Vinh - Nha Trang section is expected to be i…
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Supersonic drone with speed up to 6,174km/h
The Quarterhorse aircraft uses a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine, capable of speeds five times the speed of sound.
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Ship equipped with foldable solar panel sails
The Captain Arctic cruise ship has five large sails 35m high, covered with 2,000m2 of solar panels to help exploit clean energy.
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200-passenger hybrid aircraft
The Natilus's seamless wing-to-body design will create more lift and less drag, while cutting emissions in half.
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Commercial aircraft reach supersonic speed
The revival of commercial supersonic flight moves closer to reality as Dawn Aerospace announces the successful breaking of the sound barrier with its Mk-II Aurora rocket…
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China's most mysterious high-speed train: Carrying nothing but on a vital mission, only departing at night
In China's huge high-speed rail network, there is a very special high-speed train, called the
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Chinese company opens space tourism ticket sales in 2027
Deep Blue Aerospace announced on October 23 that it will take passengers to suborbital space in 2027 with tickets costing 1.5 million yuan ($210,000).