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The Holy Month of Ramadan

This past month, you may have gone to school and noticed that some of your classmates weren’t eating lunch. If you went up and asked them why, you may have gotten the response “I’m fasting.” Chances are, your classmate was celebrating the Islamic holiday of Ramadan, which occurs in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims around the world. June 24th concludes the month of Ramadan this year. One of the main components of Ramadan, and the one that you are most likely to notice if you are not Muslim, is the practice of fasting from sunrise to sunset every day during the...

Ready For A Drone Flight?

Can you imagine one day getting to your destination on a flying car instead of a regular four-wheeled car! Recently, the city of Dubai announced passenger drone planes that can skillfully travel 30 minutes to any destination within 31 miles away (roughly 49889 meters). The drone can take passengers weighing 220 pounds (roughly 100 kilograms) and is auto-piloted. All you-- the passenger, have to do it sit back, relax and input your destination on a touch screen. The original concept of these amazing drone-plane hybrids came from EHang, a Chinese company. According to Ehang, the drone is...

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