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Good morning and welcome to kid news. I'm Kim.

Today is Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

Our team is taking some time off this week for spring break,

so here are a few favorite kid news science stories from the past year.

We begin with the world's first flying car.

As of January of 2021, the FAA gave the TeraFugia the green light to travel 100 miles an hour at 10,000 feet.

When it becomes street legal, drivers stuck in traffic will be able to convert to flying in less than a minute.

And for parking purposes, its 27 foot wingspan can fold up to neatly fit in a one car garage.

Getting behind the wheel won't be easy. The price tag is high and two tests are required,

one at the DMV and one for a sports pilot's license.

Can science restore sight to the blind?

A report in the journal Nature Medicine is offering hope to those suffering from a genetic form of inherited blindness.

In what's being called a milestone in gene therapy, scientists have successfully restored at least partial sight in one eye of a 58 year old man who was born blind.

Using a technique called optogenetics, they created light catching proteins in his retina,

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