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Beginning in 1990, New York City repaved streets with asphalt containing crushed recycled glass. By 1995, crews had used 250,000 tons of glass in resurfacing applications across the city, including a section of Fifth Avenue in front of the Plaza Hotel.
Space Daily Editorial Team
For a few years in the early 1990s, a lot of New York streets sparkled. Picture a Manhattan avenue at dusk, wet from a passing shower, the streetlights and headlights catching something in the road s ...[Continue Reading]
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Mojave drone achieves battlefield STOL world-first
David Szondy
General Atomics has achieved another aviation milestone as its medium-class Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) carried out the first short take-off and landing (STOL) on a simulated battlefield be ...[Continue Reading]
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Friday, September 18, 2026 Efficiency is an important aspect of accomplishment. But its certainly not the only one that matters. In general, improving efficiency has a beneficial effect. The probl ...[Continue Reading]
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Cautionary Tales How a Broken Arm Improved my French, with David Epstein
Tim Harford
Last week, Cautionary Tales described the rise and fall of General Magic, the startup with too much money and too few constraints. Was General Magic really doomed from the start, and what does its fa ...[Continue Reading]
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Lemonade $10.5 Million Settlement Over License Number Data Breach Approved
Andrew G. Simpson
A federal district court in New York has approved a $10.5 million class action settlement by digital insurer Lemonade over its exposing license numbers of as many as 190,644 drivers to third parties ...[Continue Reading]
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New York Attorney General Urges AI Whistleblowers to Come Forward
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New York Attorney General Letitia James encouraged workers at artificial intelligence companies to confidentially report activity they think is dangerous or illegal to her office. In a Thursday pres ...[Continue Reading]
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