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'Shark skin' technology to boost aircraft efficiency
The best of New Zealand (and not a hobbit in sight)
Dresden 'Stalingrad' exhibit: Stunning display of life during battle
Whale watching in Okinawa

'Shark skin' technology to boost aircraft efficiency

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:02 AM PST

Riblets that allow great whites to slide through the water are being tested by Lufthansa on its planes

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They've been banned from Olympic swimming pools, but shark skin suits might reappear in the air, thanks to a new initiative from Lufthansa.

The German carrier has partnered with Airbus and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) to test a new surface coating that mimics shark skin on two Airbus A340-300s.

It's part of a two-year long research project that started in the summer 2011, and will conclude this year.

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The best of New Zealand (and not a hobbit in sight)

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 08:33 PM PST

There's so much to this beachy, mountainous, rugby-enthused nation. Here are 10 of the best Kiwi activities

Laura Morrison, for CNN Travel

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For a small, quiet nation at the lower part of the globe, New Zealand has done pretty well to market its national icons -- the All Black rugby team, its incredible mountain scenery, its bungee-jumping -- so thoroughly.

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Dresden 'Stalingrad' exhibit: Stunning display of life during battle

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 06:02 PM PST

Personal items and tools of war provide insight into one of the bloodiest battles in World War II

Dan Hayes

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Christmas tree delivered to German troops in Stalingrad in 1942. A Christmas tree, complete with tinsel and stars, seems an incongruous inclusion in an exhibition dedicated to one of the most appalling battles of World War II.

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Whale watching in Okinawa

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 01:58 PM PST

Humpback breeding season has arrived. Here's how to catch the big black beauties in action in Japan

Christopher Dong, for CNN

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Surrounded by vibrant coral reefs, blue waters and white sand beaches, Okinawa is an attractive destination for Japanese in search of diving, surfing and sun.

But January through March brings something extra: humpback whales, which can be seen swimming, jumping and playing in the coastal waters of Japan's southernmost prefecture.

Spending much of the year in frigid Aleutian waters near the coast of Alaska, the whales migrate 5,100 kilometers south toward the Kerama Islands, just 40 kilometers west of Okinawa's capital city, Naha.

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