SEATTLE — Boeing says that Fiji airline Air Pacific has canceled orders for eight 787s, a jetliner whose debut has been delayed by about three years. Boeing Commercial Airplanes spokesman Miles Kotay in Seattle says the order was valued at $1.5 billion. He says Boeing and Air Pacific continue to talk about replacing its wide body fleet. He says the airline’s evolving …
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As they soar above Earth on the International Space Station, astronauts frequently train their cameras toward home, and their shots are stored on a massive archive of astronaut photos. Science educator James Drake took 600 such images and stitched them together into a movie...
Video of Monster Tajima’s Record-Setting Pikes Peak Hillclimb: Breathtaking, Terrifying, and Awesome
Yesterday we brought you news of “Monster” Nobuhiro Tajima’s record-setting sub-10-minute run to the top of Pikes Peak, and now we have roof-cam video of Monster and his heavily modified Suzuki SX4 hillclimb car bombing up the mountain. Our favorite part of the clip, besides the mind-...
Ford complements its upcoming Focus ST with a turn-key race car.
While the majority of hot-hatch fans will be most excited about the debut of the production Ford Focus ST at the 2011 Frankfurt show, the engineers back in Dearborn would like to make sure the car also finds love from those who...
Numerous recent studies have undercut the purported benefits of various herbal supplements. Gingko , echinacea and Saint John's wort , have all been found relatively ineffective against many of the ills they have been claimed to help. [More]
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When Animals Attack Australian researchers use satellite-linked buoys and seafloor sensors to track RFID-tagged great white sharks. Stephen Frink/Getty images
A research effort doubles as a shark-attack warning system
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Great white sharks have been around for more than four...
NEW YORK — Fixed mortgage rates edged up this week, but even 30-year rates below 5 percent have done little to boost home sales. Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 4.81 percent from 4.76 percent the previous week...
Just a few days ago, one of our readers grabbed snaps of the next-gen Mercedes Benz ML (and if you click over to that article, you can read the details on what to expect when the luxo crossover is revealed this summer). Today, we caught the crossover out again—and this time, managed a clear shot...
George Osborne's number one fan is back.
LAREDO, Texas — Nearly two decades after the North American Free Trade Agreement, a Mexican truck hauling electronics was to become the first to deliver goods deep inside the U.S. as part of a long-delayed provision of NAFTA. The shipment to a Dallas suburb was...
Nissan has announced modest price increases for the 2011 Versa. The two body styles remain: Sedans are available with a 1.6- or 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine, while hatchbacks offer only the larger unit.
The cheapest Versa sedan is the 1.6 Base, which climbs $10 to $10,740. It comes with almost...