A rendering of Vertical Aerospace's VA-X4 aircraft is seen in this image obtained by Reuters.

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A rendering of Vertical Aerospace's VA-X4 aircraft is seen in this image obtained by Reuters. Photograph: Vertical Aerospace/Reuters

Electric air taxis to make debug in Brazil

Sao Paulo will push 'air taxi'

The skies over Latin America's largest city are set to witness a futuristic aerospace revolution after the Brazilian airline Gol struck a deal that could see it ferry commuters around Sao Paulo in hundreds of low-cost zero-emission electric air taxis.

Over the largest city in Latin America, Sao Paulo will witness a futuristic aviation revolution. Brazil Gore Airways recently reached an agreement to carry local commuters with hundreds of low-cost, zero-emission electric air taxis.

Domhnal Slattery, chief executive of the Dublin-based firm Avolon, which will provide the aircraft to Gol and recently placed an order for 500 of the aircraft from their British manufacturer, admitted helicopters were the "domain of the ultra wealthy".

But the Avolon boss said the introduction of VA-X4 eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft to Sao Paulo would be a game changer for commuters once the taxis, which looks like a futuristic cross between a helicopter and a glider, are delivered in late 2024 or 2025.

But Avolon boss said the introduction of VA-X4 eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft to Sao Paulo would be a game changer for commuters once the taxis, which looks like a futuristic cross between a helicopter and a glider, are delivered in late 2024 or 2025.

But Avolon boss said the introduction of VA-X4 eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft to Sao Paulo would be a game changer for commut This futuristic air taxi shape is between a helicopter and a glider and will be delivered in late 2024 or 2025.

"Our basic estimate at the moment is that the operating cost here for this aircraft will be the equivalent of $1 per passenger over a 25-mile trip," Slattery told the Financial Times. "We think we can get the cost of this down to the equivalent of an Uber ride, equivalent to downtown Manhattan to JFK."

Sixty years after Christo and Jeanne-Claude first conceptualized the project, the Arc de Triomphe has been wrapped. Credit: Benjamin Loyseau/Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

Arc de Triomphe wrapped in fabrictml4

After three months of construction work at Paris' famed Arc de Triomphe, the 160-foot-tall war month has been completely concealed. The landmark, built during Napoleon's reign, has been outfitted in 270,000 square feet of silver-blue polypropylene fabric bound with red Ropes.

Three months after construction, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was completely wrapped up, using 270,000 square feet of silver-blue polypropylene fabric and fixed it with red rope. Arc de Triomphe is 160 feet (49 meters) high and is a landmark building built during the reign of Napoleon.

Encasing the Arc de Triomphe in clothes was a longstanding vision of the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude -- one that finally came into focus this summer.

"Clothes" is the years-long vision of the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, which has finally come to life this summer.

It began with 400 tons of steel beams erected like a metal jacket around the structure, followed by the wrapping, which was conducted by a team of climbers over the course of a few days.

Following the project's completion on Thursday, the arch will remain transformed for just 16 days.

htmlAfter the project is completed on September 16, this new look can only be maintained for 16 days.
Originally scheduled for spring 2020, the project was first delayed out of concern for nesting kestrel falcons in the arch, and then because of the ongoing pandemic.
This project was originally scheduled to start in spring 2020. It was first delayed for fear of building a nest on the Arc de Triomphe, and then delayed due to the epidemic.
Vladimir Yavachev, Christo's nephew and the project's director of operations who worked with the artist for 30 years, explained that the shimmering color of the fabric and vivid ropes are Christo's "poetic interpretation" of the blue, white and red of the French flag.
Vladimir Yavachev, the operation director of the project and the nephew of the French flag. Yavachev and his uncle Cristo worked together for 30 years.
Lila Blanks holds the casket of her husband, Gregory Blanks, 50, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of his funeral in San Felipe, Texas, US, Jan 26, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
1 in every 500 US residents have died of Covid-19
1 in every 500 US residents have died of Covid-19
1 in every 500 US residents have died of Covid-19
As of Tuesday night, 663,913 people in the US have died of Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the United States has accumulated 663,913 deaths from COVID-19 in the United States.
According to the US Census Bureau, the US population as of April 2020 was 331.4 million.
According to the US Census Bureau, the US population as of April 2020 was 331.4 million.
The US averaged 1,805 new Covid-19 deaths each day over a week as of Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins.
Average daily deaths in the United States reached 1,805.
With only 54% of the population fully vaccinated, the rate of people initiated vaccinations each day (more than 341,900) is a 4% drop from last week and 28% drop from a month earlier, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of people vaccinated daily (more than 341,900) is a 4% drop from last week and 28% drop from a month earlier, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of people vaccinated daily (more than 341,900) is a 4% drop from last week and 28% drop from a month earlier, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of people inoculated daily vaccinations per day (more than 341,900) is a 4% drop from last week and 28% drop from a month earlier, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of people inoculated vaccines per day (more than 341,900) is a 4% drop from last week and 28% drop from a month earlier, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With only 54% of the population fully vaccinated, the rate of people initiated vaccinations each day (more than 341,900) is a 4% drop from last week and 28% drop from a month earlier, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With only 54% of the population fully vaccinated, the rate of people initiated vac
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-19 are unvaccinated.
Health experts have hailed vaccinations as the best source of protection against the virus, noting that the majority of people hospitalized with and killed by Covid-
In Pennsylvania, from Jan 1 to Sept 7, 97% of the state's Covid-19 deaths were among unvaccinated people, Pennsylvania's acting secretary of health said Tuesday.
Pensylvania's acting secretary of health said Tuesday.
A 39,000-year-old female woolly mammoth which was found frozen in Siberia, Russia and exhibited in Yokohama, Japan, July 9, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
Scientists want to resurrect the woolly mammoth
Harvard Medical School's George Church, aim to bring the woolly mammoth, which disappeared 4,000 years ago, back to life, imagining a future where the tusked ice age giant is restored to its natural habitat.
A group of geneticists led by Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School plans to resurrect mammoths that were extinct 4,000 years ago and envision a future that will restore these ice age animals to their natural habitat.
The efforts got a major boost on Monday, with the announcement of a $15 million investment.
The project announced on September 13 that it received a $15 million investment.
Proponents say bringing back the mammoth could help restore the fragile Arctic tundra ecosystem, combat the climate crisis, and preserve the endangered Asian elephant.
The people who support the project said that resurrection of mammoth could help restore the fragile Arctic tundra ecosystem, respond to the climate crisis, and help endangered Asian elephant.
However, it's a bold plan fraught with ethical issues.
However, this bold plan still faces ethical problems.
The goal isn't to clone a mammoth -- the DNA that scientists have managed to extract from the woolly mammoth remains frozen in permafrost is far too fragmented and degraded -- but to create, through genetic engineering, an elephant-mammoth hybrid that would be visually indistinguishable from its extinct forerunner.
Because scientists extracted DNA from frozen woolly mammoths too dispersed and degenerated, the project is actually not cloned, but rather created an elephant-mammoth hybrid through genetic engineering, but looks similar to the extinct mammoth.
Others say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Anothers say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Anothers say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Anothers say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Anothers say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Anothers say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Anothers say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Anothers say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Anothers say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Others say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Others say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Others say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Others say it's unethical to use living elephants as surrogates to give birth to a generally engineered animal.
Others say it's unethical to use living eleph
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