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‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

Baua Electric

About 20 percent have “an underlying anxiety that manifests as fear of flying,” said Douglas Boyd, an aviation researcher who runs a fear-of-flying course in Houston. One person raised her hand for all the categories. Mums and dads who had children and it suddenly made them aware of their own mortality?” He peered into the crowd.

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Video Friday: AcroMonk

Cars That Think

ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON Energy Drone & Robotics Summit : 10–12 June 2023, HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging. I personally wouldn’t count on the “Big Three&# actually implementing any of these new technologies in the near future.

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