Stories that made us smile this week

STORY: Stories that made us smile this week

This flying car took its first public flight in Dubai lasting 90 seconds

The electric two-seater is built by Chinese vehicle maker Xpeng

New Zealand's Wellington Zoo welcomed four sets of ring-tailed lemur twins

doubling the zoo's population of the endangered ring-tailed animal

(Lisa Ridley, Wellington Zoo Primate Keeper)

"It's a first. We're all in shock to be honest. It means that this boy here, this is Zeus, the father, has done his job. And to be honest, he has a tough job, because he only has a 24 to 36 hour window, while they're in that season. And they only breed once a year. So he got around very well."

Mattel has created a Tina Turner Barbie doll

to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Turner’s hit song 'What’s Love Got to Do With It'

These vegetables are grown inside a grocery store

It allows customers to buy fresh produce straight from the supermarket

(Business Development Head, Schaduf, Malik Mohamed Tag El Din)

“This is hydroponic farming, or no-soil farming. So we do not use any soil in this refrigerator, everything happens in water. The fertilizers and the nutrients the plant needs are inside the water in a closed cycle, which means that there are tanks in the bottom of the fridge which pump water to feed all of the plants in the refrigerator. When a customer takes one of the plants, it’s replaced by another.”