WELLINGTON - AIR New Zealand on Tuesday successfully flew a test flight powered by second-generation biofuel, and hailed it as a 'significant milestone' in the development of sustainable fuels for aircraft.

The airline used a 50-50 blend of standard jet fuel and synthetic fuel made from the oil of jatropha plant seeds to power one of the engines on a Boeing 747 during a two-hour test flight.

NEW YORK - SIT back, relax and let your car parallel park itself - without a single scratch or ding to your bumper.

That's what Ford Motor said on Tuesday about its new self-parking technology, which it announced will debut as an option on the 2010 Lincoln MKS sedan and the new seven-passenger Lincoln MKT luxury crossover vehicle.

BEIJING - PALEONTOLOGISTS in east China have dug up what they believe is one of the world's largest group of fossilised dinosaur bones, including the remains of an enormous 'platypus,' state press said on Tuesday.

Paleontologists have discovered 15 areas near Zhucheng city in Shandong province that contain thousands of dinosaur bones, the Beijing News reported.