Technology

Turkish Airlines, which began operations in 1933 with just five planes, now operates a fleet of 388 aircraft as of September 2025, having evolved from WWII-surplus Douglas DC-3s (acquired in 1945) to its first jet, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, in 1967. The carrier expanded with wide-body McDonnell Douglas DC-10s in 1972 a...

The Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations are time-averaged equations of motion specifically designed to model turbulent flows. The core idea, pioneered by Osborne Reynolds, is Reynolds decomposition, which separates an instantaneous flow variable into its m...

Robotaxis are self-driving cars (SAE Level 4 or 5) operated by ridesharing companies, promising to cut costs, reduce pollution, and ease congestion, though studies on safety and traffic impacts remain mixed. While they could eliminate the need for human drivers and make transportation-as-a-service more affordable, they...

On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan, following a conflict that began with US-Israeli airstrikes on 28 February that killed Iran's supreme leader and prompted Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting...

Powerball is a national Australian lottery game operated by state and territory licensees, including The Lott brands and the government-owned Lotterywest in Western Australia. It launched in 1996, four years after the US version, and has undergone major format changes—most recently in April 2018, when it shifted to drawing seven number...

Christian Alejandro González Peña (born 2 March 1977), widely known as Christian Alejandro in Indonesia, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started his career in his homeland with clubs like Huachipato and Everton, and represented Chile at the youth level. In 2003, ...

The Rivals of Amziah King is a 2025 American neo-Western crime thriller written and directed by Andrew Patterson, starring Matthew McConaughey, Angelina LookingGlass, and Kurt Russell. The plot follows beekeeper Amziah King, who dies of a heart attack after his hives are stolen, leaving his foster daughter Kateri to in...

Batman is a campy, tongue-in-cheek superhero comedy series that aired on ABC from January 12, 1966, to March 14, 1968, starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. Known for its upbeat theme music and intentionally humorous, simplistic morality aimed at preteens, the show ran f...

The Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem asks whether smooth, globally defined solutions always exist for the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations, which describe the motion of fluids. Despite their immense practical use in science and engineering, turbulence remains one of the greatest unsolved problems...

Melissa Blough (née Gonzalez), born June 24, 1994, in El Paso, Texas, is a Colombian American athlete who competes internationally for Colombia in the 400-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay. She has won multiple gold medals in South American competitions and set a personal best of 55.32 second...