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DARPA has chosen two radically different designs from teams led by General Atomics and Aurora Flight Systems for development of the Liberty Lifter Seaplane Wing-in-Ground Effect full-scale seaborne strategic and tactical heavy lift demonstrator. In 2022, DARPA announced its project to develop an aircraft, called the Liberty Lifter, with the size and capacity of a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, yet could lift over 100 tonnes of payload. That’s pretty impressive, given that a C-17 can only manage about 77 tonnes on its best day, and that the Liberty Lifter is supposed to be a seaplane with a ferry range…

Scarlett Johansson is as ‘close to physical perfection’ as any celebrity currently alive, according to a new study. The 30-year-old American actress has been found to have the perfect ‘Golden Ratio’ figure by lingerie brand Bluebella who analysed the figures of leading celebrities. The ancient Greeks claimed there was a Golden Ratio for all things when they approached perfection. Scroll down for video And Scarlett’s vital statistics of bust, waist and hip measurements give her a 96.4 per cent score against the Golden Ratio of beauty. The hour-glass curves from the Avengers star’s bust to waist when compared to her…

Back in 2020, Ford Performance brought some serious voltage to the long-running Mustang Cobra Jet series, revealing the all-electric Mustang Cobra Jet 1400. It followed up a year later by driving the car to an NHRA electric vehicle quarter-mile world record. The Blue Oval could have just sat back and admired the silverware it had earned, but instead it got back to work and is now looking to best itself and maybe break a few other marks along the way. The all-new Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800 is the tool with which it will work, a fully reworked version of…

THIS python’s cold-dark eyes were larger than its stomach. Video: PYTHON DIES AFTER SWALLOWING A WHOLE ANTELOPE A Burmese python ripped itself apart while trying to gulp down a six-foot alligator. Having found the large alligator and won a battle against it, the python began swallowing the snack. But the large 13-foot snake ended up tearing his own body into bits. Onlookers found the snake and alligator floating down the river in the Everglades National Park in south Miami-Dade in Florida. They snapped some photos showing half a gator’s hind legs and tail poking out of the snake’s exploded carcass.…

A Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager air-to-air refueling tanker made history on November 16 in the sky over RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, UK, becoming the world’s first in-service military aircraft to complete a flight using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for both engines. With test pilot and Captain of the flight Jesus Ruiz at the controls of the converted Airbus A330 commercial jetliner, the 90-minute test flight carried an RAF, Rolls-Royce and Airbus flight test crew and replicated an air-to-air refueling sortie. The flight was conducted as a partnership by the RAF, the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and…

The line between crewed and uncrewed aircraft has blurred even more after a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter carried out a demonstration cargo mission as well as a medical “emergency rescue” entirely on its own without anyone aboard or human guidance. Scroll down for video The recent series of autonomous flight tests were conducted on October 12, 14, and 18 at the US Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona as part of the Army’s Project Convergence 2022 (PC22) experiment in which US, British, and Australian service personnel evaluated 300 technologies, including long-range weapons, unmanned aerial systems, autonomous fighting vehicles, and next-generation…

Launched at CES in Las Vegas, the 100 per cent electric Peugeot Inception is a glimpse into the marque’s all-electric future. Peugeot is putting on a show at CES. Las Vegas’s Consumer Electronics Show is the perfect place for many companies and manufacturers to take advantage of the opportunity to unveil their new products, especially those at the forefront of electric vehicles. After a few standout EV presentations, (the BMW i Vision Dee, the Volkswagen ID.7 and, most surprisingly, the Afeela from Sony Honda Mobility), it was Peugeot’s turn to unveil its brand-new all-electric concept, the Peugeot Inception. A futuristic…

Contributing to helping Man City kick Bayern to go straight to the Champions League semi-finals in 2022/23, Erling Haaland is being praised to the sky. But, Haaland will most likely cry again because of an old Benzema of Real when Man City confronts Real in the semi-finals. The name Erling Haaland has just been praised by Man City fans endlessly after the Norwegian striker scored the opening goal for Man City in a 1-1 draw against Bayern in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2022. /23 took place early this morning (April 20). Haaland scored two…

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES A geoscientist and popular bikini model has shared how she and a team of field workers performed a necropsy on a Burmese python to find a huge alligator inside. A geoscientist has revealed the moment a five-foot alligator was pulled from a massive Burmese python. Rosie Moore shared footage of the horror moment the stricken reptile was pulled out of the snake in a video that now has 10 million views and over 250,000 likes. She is known for her work as a scientist but also has over 17,000 followers on Instagram as an influencer and bikini…

Chilling photographs show a python swallowing a massive crocodile whole after it squeezed the life out of the larger reptile in a murky Australian swamp. The snake’s slackened jaws can be seen devouring the freshwater crocodile while the rest of its muscular length constricts around the beast in Queensland. The bulging midriff of the olive python – Australia’s second largest snake – shows the bulk of the crocodile beneath its scaly skin and one gruesome picture shows the crocodile’s ridged tail indented on the snake’s throat. Kayaker Martin Muller spotted the grisly scene while making his way down the swamps…

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This is the moment two lions escaped into the audience at a circus in central China, causing a stampede as terrified families tried to avoid being mauled. Video footage shows the lions suddenly breaking free from the iron fence separating the stage from the audience during a performance in Luoyang, Henan Province, on Saturday. Terrified spectators are sent scrambling to protect their children and leave the event hall as one of the lions makes its way out onto the streets. Authorities confirmed the animal that escaped the performance area was swiftly caught and that nobody was injured. In the video…

The gorgeous prototype has a bonkers streamlined design and touts a 435-mile range. Lancia is gearing up to go electric. The storied Italian marque is being transformed into an EV maker by parent company, Stellantis. We’ll have to wait at least a few years for the brand’s first battery-powered model, but its first electric concept, the Pu+Ra HPE, is certainly worth getting excited about. The Pu+Ra HPE may be the first Lancia with an electric power train, but any discussion of the prototype has to start with its bold design. The first part of the concept’s name refers to the…

Along with its new X-winged VTOL military drone, BAE Systems has announced a new “Razer” system designed to take standard non-guided munitions and convert them into precision guided missiles, at low cost, and delivered through local manufacturing. The current conflict in Ukraine has taught military strategists many lessons. One of these, according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, is that modern conflicts will burn through munitions at a startling rate; victory may well be determined by whose supply lines can sustain the delivery of pain and misery for the longest. For an isolated island nation like Australia, this is serious…

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a US$1.2-billion contract to develop new variants of the company’s E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to replace America’s Cold War fleet of 31 E-3 Sentry AWACS early warning aircraft. Based on the Boeing 707, the E-3 Sentry entered service in 1977 and during the Cold War became a part of the air fleets of the United States, Britain, France, NATO, and others, serving as flying observation and air command centers to detect hostile aircraft, with each Sentry boasting the ability to monitor air traffic over an area the size of…

Erling Haaland has spent the 2022/23 season proving any and all doubters he has wrong. Heading into the second leg of Manchester City’s Champions League quarter-final second leg tie with Bayern Munich, he’d scored 47 goals in 40 games across all competitions. Yes, 47 goals in 40 games. That goalscoring rate has led many to believe that Haaland isn’t actually human, rather some kind of cyborg from the future programmed into the Manchester City mainframe to relentlessly score goals and pulverise opponents into submission. He’s scored hat-tricks for fun, made defenders look stupid, and just had a generally swell time…

At the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the US Army is testing a new reusable parachute cargo-drop system that is 25% faster to rig and 40% faster to remove after landing to allow soldiers, to quickly leave the drop zone and get out of danger. Developed during the Second World War, air drops have evolved into a standard procedure for resupplying troops or delivering humanitarian relief to inaccessible areas. But even with parachutes, shoving large pallets of equipment or combat vehicles out the back of an aircraft can result in a nasty jolt on landing. To reduce this, drop parachute…

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a US$285-million contract to build the first 13 MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters to replace the venerable Bell UH-1N Huey multi-role helicopter fleet that guards America’s land-based nuclear ballistic missiles. Entering service in 1970, the UH-1N Huey was originally designed as a multi-role medium military helicopter. Over the decades, it’s fulfilled many missions and seen service with nations all over the world. Today, its chief job is search and rescue, in addition to carrying out security patrols and providing transport for the US arsenal of land-based ICBMs and the bases that support the missile-laden…

A two-foot tall baby has been born in Brazil weighing 16lbs (7.3kg). Mother Cleidiane Santos dos Santos, 27, gave birth to son Angerson by C-section on Wednesday 18 January at Hospital Padre Colombo in Parintins, Amazonas State. Ms Santos was in hospital for a routine consultation, but medics realised the unborn baby was too big for her to carry for a full term. Angerson, who is being kept in an incubator in a ‘stable’ condition, is believed to be the biggest baby born in Amazonas State at 59cm long. Both mother and child are said to be in good health.…

Jodie Baines, 25, was so large during pregnancy that she could hardly get out of bed, as her bump had grown so big that she looked 20 weeks pregnant at 10 weeks along and people would ask if she was expecting twins. A mum whose baby bump was so large people thought she was having twins gave birth to a baby so big she fitted into clothing for six-month-olds immediately. Jodie Baines, 25, was so large during pregnancy that she could hardly get out of bed as her bump was so big, and when she finally gave birth the mum-of-two…

The EV’s dual-motor version can accelerate from zero to 62 mph in 3.8 seconds. Polestar’s lineup of attractive EVs is growing right before our eyes. The Swedish marque unveiled its third fully battery-powered model on Tuesday, the ultra-sleek Polestar 4. The new model is a head-turning SUV coupe. It’s not just attractive, though—it’s also the brand’s quickest vehicle yet. The Polestar 4 is the automaker’s second SUV in a row, but it features a distinct look that stands on its own. Rather than just changing the Polestar 3’s roofline and calling it a new model, the company has designed something…

Animals being slaughtered, savagely beaten and forced into tiny cages for human entertainment and consumption feature in a distressing new photo series depicting the shocking extent of human cruelty. The images, which reveal the realities of a dog slaughterhouse in China, foie gras production, and battery farming, are among many in a new book which hopes to raise awareness of animal suffering. The unflinching photo series, supported by actor Joaquin Phoenix, documents animal exploitation around the world for the purposes of food, religion, entertainment, work and tradition. Among the images is one showing dogs locked up in cages and forced…

The biggest ‘elephant walk’ in the history of the US Air Force has been staged in a show of military strength amid the war in Ukraine and tensions with China. In incredible scenes at Sheppard Air Force Base, in Wichita County, Texas, 4,000 airmen shared the runway with 80 aircraft. The powerful display comes as an American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait as China makes continued aggressive maneuvers around the island nation. The term ‘elephant walk’ originated in the Second World War, when large fleets of allied bombers would conduct attacks in missions containing 1,000 aircraft. The taxiing of…

BEN MEE has exposed the dark arts that Manchester City star Erling Haaland uses to put off defenders. Scroll down for video The Brentford centre-back was on punditry duty for Sky Sports ahead of Leeds taking on Liverpool when he revealed the on-pitch secret. Mee claims that Haaland pinches his opponents in attempt to distract and bully them. He said: “He is a powerful lad and we have had a little bit of a jostle. “Obviously we are trying to be physical with him and use our body in and around the box to stop him from getting into any…