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One startup is looking to shake things up. Boom Supersonic, founded in 2014 in Denver, Colorado, aims to bring back commercial supersonic flight by the end of the decade. Their CEO, Blake Scholl, says they are “four to five years away from carrying passengers”. In January, Boom’s prototype XB-1 achieved its first successful flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California, reaching 35,290 feet before accelerating to a top speed of 750 mph and breaking the sound barrier three times. “A good start to the year,” Scholl says. Source link

While TikTok may have taken decisive action against the chubby filter, there are swathes of harmful content on the app. Videos which romanticise eating disorders and anorexia, known as pro-ana content, is easily viewable, and once users engage with one video, they start to be fed more and more. Some of it masquerades as health and fitness content, with hashtags like #GymTok and #Fitspo accompanying the videos. Source link

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There may come a time this month when you realise that your winter fragrance has given you the cold shoulder. A scent that felt like a cosseting cuddle last week may begin to feel a bit clingy, like a woolly jumper on the tube at rush hour when your rucksack is too heavy. Perhaps you have been spritzing a sultry oud all winter. You’ve been collecting compliments like they are going out of fashion, but now it’s starting to feel ill-placed. Or maybe that silken gourmand that you love is beginning to smell a bit boudoir. Spring friskiness is more for lambs than love-ins. If this is ringing true it is likely that your perfume just, like your wardrobe, needs a refresh. Don’t worry. It’s nothing sinister. The new season needs it. We’ve endured months of damp, dark, dismal hibernation and now i...

In case you haven’t heard from everyone who’s walked into your office today: it’s finally sunny in the capital (for now) — and just in time for spring. And as well as more upbeat commuters and pints in the sun, the new season also means you’re likely to see gorgeous cherry blossom trees.You may know about sakura season in Japan, which draws thousands of visitors to see the iconic natural displays of the pastel pink blooms, but London isn’t short of places to spot it if you don’t fancy trekking half way across the world. Typically the flowers erupt from April, though this year we’ve already spied some early bloomers on London’s streets. So if you want to plan a trip to see cherry blossom trees in all their glory — now is the time. From royal parks, to central sights, these are the very best...

It means that booking around three months in advance could save you £107 for international flights. For example, when flights to Costa Rica were booked two weeks or less before departure, the average ticket price was £843, compared to £1,074 when booked one to two months before travel. That’s a saving of £231. While, if like pretty much everyone, you have your sights set on the Maldives, booking three months ahead rather than a month or less could save you a whopping £853. Source link

As with most in the Disney to pop star pipeline, a massive slice of Carpenter’s fanbase is tweenage girls. While Carpenter’s lyrics aren’t X-rated in the sense that she rarely swears, they are richly euphemistic. And yes, there’s something mildly unsettling about, say, 12-year-old girls belting out lines from her hit Bed Chem, like: “come right on me, I mean camaraderie!” or, “And I bet we'd both arrive at the same time, and I bet the thermostat's set at six-nine”. Source link

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The Qashqai is a tall car, and that makes getting in and out of it an easier prospect, and the rear side doors open to 90°, which also which helps. Rear headroom is good, even with the test car’s glass roof. Shoulder, knee and foot room aren’t class leading but are otherwise not at all bad. We found the back seat cushion to be a little low. At just over 500 litres with the back seats in place, the boot is a regular shape and a decent size, although once again some rivals have even more space. Source link

But first, I head to Qissa, the hotel’s restaurant for breakfast. To get there from the villa, I follow a dusty path, lined with yellow jasmine and pink grasses. Close by, the placid sea of the Arabian gulf merges with the cobalt sky, as if it is one. I try one of the local specialities, labneh eggs with sourdough, and, as a white egret swoops over the sea, I switch off my phone. Source link