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Dec 15, 2018
An MIT team is working on a new aiming system that will allow CubeSats to use lasers for high-bandwidth communications with Earth. The new laser-pointing platform uses a second directional beam to keep the primary data beam on focus, allowing the CubeSat to transmit large amounts of data without the need for heavy antennae or wasting propellant.
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Continue Reading Lasers help keep CubeSats on target to handle large data downlinks
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Dec 15, 2018
After five years and 8,700 mi (14,000 km), a lost oceanographic instrument package has turned up on a beach in Tasmania. The deep-ocean monitoring equipment belonging to Britain's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) was lost on Christmas Day 2013 in the northern Drake Passage after a failed recovery effort, but was found by a Tasmanian resident after an epic drift clear across the South Pacific.
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Dec 15, 2018
Not that 2017, 2016, or other years of recent memory didn't have moments of their own, but 2018 really seemed to be the year of weird, wild camping trailers. More than once, it felt like we were looking into a caravan crystal ball. We saw expanders that grow multiple times their travel size, camping trailers without wheels, a lithium-powered motorized caravan, and many other trailblazing designs. Follow along as we take a look back at a year of the intriguing and outlandish trailers.
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Dec 14, 2018
Although wind turbines may be a valuable source of eco-friendly energy, they do have at least one drawback - bats are frequently killed by their spinning blades. A promising new system is designed to help keep that from happening, however, by producing an ultrasonic acoustic field.
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Continue Reading System uses ultrasound to keep bats away from blades
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Texas State University
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Dec 14, 2018
Although wind turbines may be a valuable source of eco-friendly energy, they do have at least one drawback - bats are frequently killed by their spinning blades. A promising new system is designed to help keep that from happening, however, by producing an ultrasonic acoustic field.
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Continue Reading System uses ultrasound to keep bats away from wind turbines
Environment
Bats
Texas State University
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Wind turbine
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Dec 14, 2018
After spending a week with the new 2019 XC40, we came away impressed with Volvo's attention to detail on this compact luxury crossover. The XC40 builds on the excellence of the larger XC60 and XC90 models, without downsizing their ergonomics for the compact market.
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Continue Reading Review: 2019 Volvo XC40 looks to set a new standard in compact luxury
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Volvo
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Dec 14, 2018
Honda will be busy at CES 2019, showcasing several concepts and products related to vehicles and robotics. Among these is an interesting traffic safety system utilizing vehicle-to-vehicle communications. Honda is calling it Safe Swarm and its goal is to improve traffic flow and safety.
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Continue Reading Honda plans to swarm CES with aids to traffic safety
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Autonomous Vehicles
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Dec 14, 2018
The comet 46P/Wirtanen (46P) is set to make a close approach to Earth this weekend, and may even be bright enough to be seen by the naked eye. At its closest, 46P will pass a mere 7.2 million miles (11.7 million km) from our planet, making it the 10th closest comet encounter in the modern era.
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Continue Reading Approaching December comet may be visible to the naked eye
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Dec 14, 2018
While it's certainly kind of people to set up hummingbird feeders in their back yards, some scientists are wondering if the practise may be causing more harm than good. In an effort to better understand the issue, researchers recently equipped a group of the birds with tags that were read by devices at urban feeders.
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Continue Reading RFID tech may tell us if hummingbird feeders are really a good idea
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UC Davis
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Dec 14, 2018
The last 12 months have seen iconic brand Gibson collapse and be reborn, Fender experiment with hybrid forms for its Parallel Universe series, and Moog release its first analog polysynth in decades while also calling time on its line of FX stomps. It's been a rollercoaster of highs and lows, but we're focusing on the positive for a look back at music gear highlights in 2018.
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Continue Reading Rockin the best music gear of 2018
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Dec 14, 2018
Honda will attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2019 with a working prototype of an autonomous all-terrain vehicle (ATV) which it's calling the Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle. The ATV is equipped with self-driving gear and artificial intelligence, to allow it to go almost anywhere on its own.
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Dec 14, 2018
Google originally released plans for its new Mountain View Charleston East headquarters back in 2015. After some doubt, the project is now well underway. However, the company isn't content to stop there, but also has plans for a big chunk of land nearby. Google aims to turn it into a pedestrian-friendly area complete with offices, housing and retail space.
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Continue Reading The town that Google built: Plans unveiled for large redevelopment project in California
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Building and Construction
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Dec 14, 2018
The mixed reality specs scene is certainly getting interesting: Magic Leap released its developer edition glasses earlier this year, there are strong rumors that Apple is planning a launch in the next couple of years, and now we have the nReal Light glasses to look forward to in 2019.
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Continue Reading nReal Light mixed reality glasses look almost like regular specs
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Dec 14, 2018
Kids today are pretty spoilt when it comes to how advanced toys are getting. Robots, drones and augmented reality are all the rage, and if you're lucky you can trick them into learning some useful skills along the way. New Atlas rounds up the best tech toys of 2018, which could make for some great last-minute gift ideas for the young'un in your life.
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Dec 14, 2018
Supermarket meets robotic farmers as the Waitrose & Partners supermarket chain's parent company, the John Lewis Partnership, enters into an agreement with the Small Robot Company to begin a three-year trial to test out a trio of miniature farmbots on Lewis' Leckford Estate, which grows produce for Waitrose & Partners. The trio of robots, called Tom, Dick, and Harry, will operate on a one-hectare (2.5 acre) wheat field to test ways in which automation can increase agricultural efficiency.
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Continue Reading British supermarket chain to trial robot farmers in the field
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Dec 13, 2018
Built by folks who know a thing or two about venturing out to Earth's rockiest, dustiest reaches, the Terra Trek TTE camping trailer tows as a versatile mobile basecamp. During the ride, it tucks down for a lower, more compact ride. At camp, the roof-top tent pops open to create sleeping space, accompanying an outdoor kitchen, solar-backed power system, available auxiliary tent room and plenty of storage space.
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Continue Reading Terra Trek's ultra-stout trailer eats up the outback and pops to life at camp
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trailers
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Dec 13, 2018
A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) team led by Southern Cross University's Professor Peter Harrison has developed the "LarvalBot" underwater robot that, for the first time, has succeeded in reseeding damaged areas of Australia's Great Barrier Reef with heat-tolerant baby coral polyps to help combat the effects of predators and climate change.
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Continue Reading "LarvalBot" underwater robot delivers first batch of coral babies to the Great Barrier Reef
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Queensland University of Technology
Robotics
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Dec 13, 2018
When we picture a nefarious hacker infiltrating our accounts we like to imagine a super-skilled computer wizard bashing away at a keyboard in front of an epic collection of monitors. But in reality, when many personal accounts are compromised it is because someone simply guessed an obvious password. In a list of the most commonly used passwords of 2018 it was astoundingly revealed that a huge number of people still use "password" as their password.
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Continue Reading "donald" and "sunshine" join the list of worst passwords for 2018
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Dec 13, 2018
According to simulations and models, exoplanet sizes should be spread out relatively evenly. But with the exoplanet tally approaching 4,000, that hasn't really been the case. A type of world dubbed a "hot Neptune" has been conspicuously few and far between, but a new observation may explain why. Hubble has now spotted a hot Neptune named GJ 3470b that's vanishing at a record rate.
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Continue Reading Hubble spots "hot Neptune" exoplanet that's evaporating at a record rate
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Johns Hopkins University
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Dec 13, 2018
An exciting new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has demonstrated how a new kind of CRISPR technique can increase the expression of certain genes, instead of the more traditional technique of actively cutting or editing DNA. The method was tested in mice by targeting two genes associated with hunger, with the animals reducing their food intake and not becoming obese.
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Continue Reading New CRISPR technique could prevent obesity without cutting or editing a genome
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Dec 13, 2018
Leatherman has rolled out a limited edition take on one of its premium multitools, offering the typical functionality of its versatile implements but with a dash of Damascus steel. The Charge TTI Damascus packs an impressive 19 tools in all, with a cutting edge shaped by centuries of blade-forging history.
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Continue Reading Leatherman adds a dash of Damascus steel to its high-end Charge TTI multitool
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Dec 13, 2018
A new international study into the impact of agricultural land use on climate change has found organic food production has a bigger impact on climate change compared to conventional farming due to the fact that it needs greater areas of land to grow produce.
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Continue Reading The inconvenient truth about the environmental impact of organic farming
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Dec 13, 2018
NASA's InSight lander may have touched down on the surface of Mars, snapped a couple of selfies and broken a power record, but there remains plenty to learn about the interplanetary robot's immediate surroundings. Mission scientists have gained another fresh perspective on the lander's new home, courtesy of intriguing aerial images snapped by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
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Continue Reading Mars orbiter spies InSight lander from space for the first time
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Dec 13, 2018
It was just last month that we heard the latest about an experimental multi-dose capsule that stays in the stomach for up to two weeks, gradually releasing medication. The scientists that created it have now taken things further, with a similar capsule that can communicate from within the body using Bluetooth.
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Continue Reading Bluetooth-equipped capsule communicates from the gut
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MIT
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Dec 13, 2018
After years of preparation, testing, and tragedy, Virgin Galactic has touched the edge of space. This Thursday in the skies over Mojave, California, the company's SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, was released from its mothership and fired its hybrid rocket engine for a full minute. This propelled pilots Mark "Forger" Stucky and Frederick "CJ" Sturckow at Mach 3 (1,934 knots, 2,225 mph, 3,581 km/h) to an altitude of 51.4 mi (82.7 km) before returning safely to Earth.
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Continue Reading Virgin Galactic succeeds in touching space
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Dec 13, 2018
When buying a full-suspension mountain bike, many people either leave the fork and rear shock at their current settings, or they adjust them based simply on what feels right. The Italian-made BYB Telemetry system takes a more scientific approach, using bike-mounted sensors to determine what's best for maximized speed, comfort and safety.
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Continue Reading Mountain bike-mounted BYB assesses suspension
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Dec 13, 2018
While dieting and exercise certainly help people to lose weight, there are some cases where those approaches just aren't enough on their own. There could now be a new source of hope, however, as scientists have discovered that clay may cause ingested fat to pass right through the body.
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Continue Reading Fat-trapping clay may form part of a treatment for obesity
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Obesity
University of South Australia
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Dec 13, 2018
There has been concern in the past that some of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease may be transmissible from human to human. A new study is adding weight to that possibility, providing experimental evidence that amyloid beta plaques may have in the past been seeded a patient's brain through contaminated samples of human growth hormone.
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Continue Reading Intriguing study suggests Alzheimer's-like brain damage can be "caught"
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Dec 13, 2018
Car makers in Europe have been working together for a while now to develop and roll out a network of fast chargers for electric vehicles. And Switzerland's ABB launched a 350 kW fast charger in April, claimed to give EVs 120 miles of range for 8 minutes plugged in. Now Porsche has announced that one of its research cars has received a 400 kilowatt charge from a prototype charging station in Germany.
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Continue Reading Porsche plugs into 450 kW EV charging station
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Dec 13, 2018
Sitting on the sofa watching videos or surfing the internet using a tablet or laptop is all well and good, but sometimes you need a bigger screen or want to share what you've found with family and friends. There are touch-enabled coffee tables available that family and friends can gather around, but they can be rather expensive. British startup Jigabyte has joined the touchscreen coffee table party and aims to significantly reduce the cost of entry.
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Continue Reading Jigabyte brings online entertainment to the coffee table
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Dec 13, 2018
We've covered a lot of treehouses over the years but this one is pretty unusual. Designed by 02 Treehouse's Dustin Feider, the pine cone-shaped shelter hangs high up in the trees. Its snug glazed interior has enough room for a double bed and offers choice views of the forest.
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Continue Reading Pinecone Treehouse hangs high in the forest
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Dec 13, 2018
We've covered a lot of treehouses over the years but this one is pretty unusual. Designed by 02 Treehouse's Dustin Feider, the pine cone-shaped shelter hangs high up in the trees. Its snug glazed interior has enough room for a double bed and offers choice views of the forest.
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Continue Reading Fantastic Pinecone Treehouse hangs high in the forest
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Building and Construction
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Dec 13, 2018
Today, Samsung announced two premium 2-in-1 convertibles aimed at creative types. Available in 13.3 and 15 inch display flavors, the Notebook 9 Pen models come with an 8th Gen Core processor, Gigabit Wi-Fi and can run for up to 15 hours between charges. And as the model name suggests, they both rock an S Pen that slots into the body when not being used to draw onscreen.
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Continue Reading Samsung's 2019 Notebook 9 2-in-1 convertibles come with slot-in S Pen
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Dec 13, 2018
Aston Martin has released information about the combustion component of its insane Valkyrie hypercar's powertrain - and it's a doozy. Co-developed with Cosworth, this 6.5-liter V12 monster will make 1,000 hp, without the aid of forced induction - and in addition to its electric motors.
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Continue Reading Aston Martin's Valkyrie V12 engine: 1,000hp, 11,100 rpm, naturally aspirated
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Dec 12, 2018
NASA's Juno orbiter arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, but the unmanned explorer is already approaching the halfway mark of its science mission. On December 21 at 8:49:48 am PST (11:49:48 am EST), the spacecraft will be marking the midpoint of its Jovian mapping and data collection mission with a close flyby on its 16th of 32 scheduled science orbits that will bring it within 3,140 mi (5,053 km) of the planet's cloud tops while traveling at 128,802 mph (207,287 km/h).
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Continue Reading Juno approaches halfway mark of its science mission
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Dec 12, 2018
Bosch plays a big part in the supply and technology chain behind today's cars, and it's aiming to play an even bigger part in the self-driving cars of tomorrow. The company has just laid out some of its plans for the autonomous future.
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Continue Reading Bosch places its bets on autonomy, developing in-car hardware and fleet-level systems
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Dec 12, 2018
In one of the most comprehensive studies to date examining teenage sleep patterns and high school start times, it's been revealed that later starts increased sleep duration and improved overall attendance and grades.
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Dec 12, 2018
There remains a lot we don't know about the whereabouts of the all the plastic waste that washes into the ocean each year, but scientists are continuing to discover bits and pieces in increasingly concerning places. The latest study in this area has uncovered evidence of plastic waste in the stomachs of sea turtles hailing from all corners of the globe, shedding new light on the far-reaching implications of our plastic pollution problem.
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Continue Reading Microplastics discovered in the guts of sea turtles all over the world
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University of Exeter
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Dec 12, 2018
Move over humans, there's a new dominant species on Earth - the chicken. According to researchers from the UK and South Africa, the most prominent marker of our age will not be our great monuments or industrial pollution, but the fossilized bones of hundreds of billions of domestic chickens.
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Continue Reading Are we living in the age of the chicken?
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Geology
University of Leicester
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Dec 12, 2018
The cheetah probably comes to mind first when you think of fast animals, but the records for fastest individual movements are far stranger. Mystrium camillae, a rare species of Dracula ant found in Southeast Asia and Australia, has now snapped up the crown for fastest animal movement on record, clicking its mandibles at blistering speeds that can stun prey.
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University of Illinois
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Dec 12, 2018
Virtual reality can already transport folks to some strange places, and new tech called ViewR will now enable their friends to go along for the ride. Billed as a window into virtual reality, the app allows onlookers to step into these worlds and observe all the action from close proximity, opening up some interesting possibilities that include the potential for interactivity between virtual avatars.
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Continue Reading ViewR app opens up third person views of VR games
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Dec 12, 2018
The Mercedes-AMG G63 is already a fairly extreme vehicle. The high performance version of the boxy G-Wagen 4WD uses a twin-turbo 4-liter V8 making 585 horsepower. But Brabus sees the extreme as a perfect launching point for the ludicrous, and has turned the G63 into a full-on off-road supercar.
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Continue Reading Brabus turns the AMG G-Wagen into a 700-horsepower off-road supercar
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Dec 12, 2018
Virgin Galactic may finally reach space tomorrow, with the company's second SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, VSS Unity, currently being prepared for its fourth powered test flight. If weather and technical issues permit, the spaceplane and its crew of two will conduct the longest yet in-flight engine burn that will send the craft at supersonic speeds on a suborbital trajectory to reach an altitude of about 62 mi (100 km).
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Continue Reading Virgin Galactic might reach space on next flight
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Virgin Galactic
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Dec 12, 2018
Israel-based startup Aleph Farms has just unveiled the world's first lab-grown steak. This milestone on the road to bringing a cruelty-free meat product to the market demonstrates, for the first time, the technology's ability to imitate the flavor, shape, texture and structure of a classic beef steak.
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Dec 12, 2018
Back in 2014, we heard how MIT scientists had developed a graphite/carbon "sponge" which used sunlight to convert water into steam very efficiently. They've now improved on the design, creating a device that produces super-heated steam. It could be used in remote regions to sterilize medical equipment, among other applications.
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Dec 12, 2018
Typically, if women want to know if they're ovulating, they have to perform either a urine test or a basal body temperature analysis. Scientists at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital are developing what they believe may be a better alternative, in the form of a smartphone-based saliva test.
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Continue Reading Smartphone-based tech analyzes saliva to gauge female fertility
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Dec 12, 2018
Although quadcopter drones show promise as a means of exploring hazardous environments such as disaster sites, they do have one drawback - they're wide, limiting their ability to squeeze through tight spaces. An experimental new drone addresses that problem, by folding into different shapes while in flight.
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Continue Reading Adaptable drone folds while flying to get through gaps
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EPFL
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University of Zurich
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Dec 12, 2018
Persistent bullying could lead to a structural deformation in the brains of teenagers, according to a new study. Bullying is a serious problem for many children and teens that can cause a myriad problems in later life, including long-term impacts on mental health.
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Continue Reading Chronic bullying could be causing parts of teenagers' brains to shrink
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Dec 12, 2018
Bristol (UK)-based Modal Electronics launched an interesting monophonic synthesizer 2 years ago called the CRAFTsynth, with components that slotted together before the player hit touch strips and turned dials to create sounds. The company based its follow-up polyphonic synth on the voice architecture of the CRAFTsynth, but wrapped it all in a modern package. Now Modal has gone monophonic again for the CRAFTsynth 2.0 wavetable synthesizer.
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Continue Reading Modal updates monophonic CRAFTsynth
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Audio
Digital music
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Kickstarter
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Dec 12, 2018
Described by designer GreenSpur as one part Scandinavian minimalism and two parts Virginia countryside, the Lost Whisky Concrete Cabin is an appealing concrete getaway that offers escape from the hustle of daily life. It boasts great views of the surrounding landscape and helps guests unwind with a wood-fired hot tub and net hammock.
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Continue Reading Tiny concrete cabin provides off-grid rest and relaxation
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Building and Construction
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Concrete
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House
Micro-House
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Dec 12, 2018
Big hitters like Samsung, HP, Lenovo, Asus and Dell are the brands you're most likely to see in the laptop section of your high street electronics store, but TV, phone and white goods giant LG is also in the portable computer game. With CES 2019 just around the corner, the company is adding two new flavors to its range of gram laptops - a 17 inch model and a 14 inch 2-in-1 convertible.
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Continue Reading LG goes large and light with 17 inch gram laptop
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CES 2019
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LG
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Dec 12, 2018
Monaco's Venturi Automobiles has made a name for itself blazing electric-vehicle trails over hot salt, hot race track and hot sand, but it's about to crank down the temperature. The company has revealed its finalized Antarctica polar exploration vehicle and is preparing to bring it down to the world's loneliest continent. Designed to offer zero-emissions driving in delicate study areas, this orange beast crunches over ice and snow on battery-powered treads.
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Continue Reading Venturi Antarctica all-electric exploration rover set to bite into polar ice
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Antarctic
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Dec 12, 2018
For millions of years, the apex predator of the oceans was a bus-sized shark known as the Megalodon. But around 2.6 million years ago they just disappeared, and nobody really knows why. So what could wipe out a 50-ft (15-m) shark? According to a new study, the culprit wasn't Jason Statham but a series of supernovae exploding fairly close to Earth.
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Continue Reading Did a perfect supernova storm wipe out the Megalodon?
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Astronomy
Extinction
Marine Biology
Ocean
Radiation
Sharks
Supernova
University of Kansas
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Dec 12, 2018
The 2018 Düsseldorf Caravan Salon was packed with camper vans of all lengths and heights. The vast majority were aimed primarily at summer highway driving, and those that had any off-road ambitions greater than rolling down a gravel campground driveway tended to be based on the Mercedes Sprinter 4x4. But we spotted an exception here and there, and the Karmann Dexter 560 4x4 was one of them. Based on an all-wheel-drive Ford Transit, this rugged three-sleeper adds extra traction and versatility for chasing big adventure.
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Continue Reading Karmann's Ford Transit 4x4 camper van opens the gate to adventure
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Campervan
Camping
Dusseldorf Caravan Salon
Dusseldorf Caravan Salon 2018
Ford
Motorhome
Motorhomes
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Dec 12, 2018
Computer hardware has changed quite a bit in the three decades since Puma introduced its original RS-Computer running shoe. The relaunched version carries over a distinctly retro aesthetic, but replaces a connector cable with a Bluetooth connection along with a few other choice upgrades to equip the wearable for the internet age.
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Continue Reading Puma brings back its RS-Computer smart running shoe from the 1980s
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Puma
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Smart shoes
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Dec 11, 2018
The winner of this year's National Geographic Photo Contest is a breathtaking image of thousands of Volkswagen and Audi cars recalled after the emissions scandal and now sitting idle in the middle of the Californian desert. The winning photograph, selected from almost 10,000 entries, is just one of several incredible images awarded in this strong annual competition.
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Continue Reading Spectacular wasteland of recalled cars takes out the 2018 Nat Geo Photo Contest
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Competition
Photography
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Dec 11, 2018
We first caught wind of the Skyf drone from ARDN around a year ago, and the Russian outfit rolled out some pretty outrageous performance specs to go with it. With a mix of gasoline and electric motors, the massive multirotor drone can apparently carry a 440-lb (220 kg) payload for up to eight hours. Recent demonstration flights in Tatarstan, Russia didn't see it quite reach these lofty heights, but it did do enough for its creators to lay claim to a Guinness World Record.
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Continue Reading Heavy-hauling drone lays claim to a Guinness World Record
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World Records
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Dec 11, 2018
The US Air Force's next strategic heavy bomber has passed a critical design review. On November 28 to 30, the US Defense Department carried out a multi-disciplined technical evaluation of the proposed B-21 Raider to see if its design was stable and mature enough to warrant moving on to manufacturing and flight testing, and the evaluation has determined that significant progress has been made on the three-year old project.
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Continue Reading Next-generation B-21 Raider heavy bomber passes design review
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Northrop Grumman
US Air Force
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Dec 11, 2018
As clever as we humans like to think we are, plenty of things we invent have already been done more effectively by nature. Our drones are pretty handy, but nature's drones - bees - are far more efficient. Rather than building our own from scratch, researchers at the University of Washington have created tiny suites of sensors that bees can wear like backpacks, to help gather data from their environment.
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Continue Reading Swarms of bionic bees could monitor farms with electronic backpacks
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Agricultural
Agriculture
Bees
drones
Farming
Insect
University of Washington
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Dec 11, 2018
A rigorous new study from researchers at Rutgers offers insight into the oft-cited correlation between coffee consumption and a decreased risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The discovery reveals a coffee compound called EHT works synergistically with caffeine to potentially protect the brain from neurodegeneration.
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Continue Reading Study reveals extra compounds in coffee team up with caffeine to protect against Parkinson's
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Caffeine
Coffee
Dementia
Parkinson's Disease
Rutgers University
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Dec 11, 2018
The third and last Zumwalt-class ship for the US Navy launched on Sunday at the General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine. Built as part of a US$1.826 billion contract, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) is one of the three largest destroyers ever built for the Navy and was floated over a period of several days by moving her to a drydock, which was then slowly flooded.
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Continue Reading US Navy launches third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer
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US Navy
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Dec 11, 2018
Cancer cells are a hungry bunch, calling on relatively huge amounts of energy to feed their demanding metabolisms. There's a particular molecule that is pivotal to this process, converting nutrients into fuel to power the cells' rapid growth. New research out of the University of Basel describes a drug cocktail that has the effect of putting this out of action, leading the cancer cells to wither and die instead.
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Continue Reading Unlikely drug pair combine to cut off cancer's energy supply
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University of Basel
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Dec 11, 2018
The 90s were a truly great era for basketball and for motorcycling, so a German shoe shop has decided to combine two absolute 90s legends - Michael Jordan and the Ducati 916 - into a custom bike to celebrate the launch of the latest Air Jordan sneakers.
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Continue Reading A Ducati customized to look like a basketball shoe - and it's not bad
Motorcycles
basketball
Custom Bikes
Ducati
NBA
Shoes
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Dec 11, 2018
NASA's InSight Mars lander sent back a partial shot of itself not long after touching down on the Red Planet, but now it has captured the first selfie that shows the entire lander in all its glory. Using the same technique that the Curiosity rover employed for its self portraits, InSight used its robotic arm to collect 11 overlapping images that the space agency turned into a mosaic.
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Continue Reading InSight sends back first full self portrait
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InSight
Mars
NASA
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Dec 11, 2018
Researchers at UT Southwestern are continuing their remarkable discoveries into the neurological origins of dementia, revealing a new strategy that could potentially forecast what form of dementia a person may develop long before any symptoms of cognitive decline appear by studying a single molecule in the brain.
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Continue Reading A single molecule could forecast what type of dementia a person will develop
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Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia
Diagnosis
Neurological
UT Southwestern
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Dec 11, 2018
When trying to hear what another person is saying, hearing aid users are often stymied by loud background noises, such as the voices of other people in the same room. Scientists at China's Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University are working on a solution, in the form of a "smart" camera-connected hearing aid.
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Continue Reading Camera-connected hearing aid would "think" to help users hear
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Hearing Aid
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Dec 11, 2018
Also known as nacre, mother of pearl is the hard iridescent coating found on the outside of pearls, and the inside of certain mollusc's shells. It's one of nature's hardest, stiffest, most stable materials - and Swiss scientists have now figured out how to make an artificial version of it, which can be "tuned" for different applications.
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Continue Reading Artificial mother-of-pearl could give carbon fiber a run for its money
Materials
Biomimicry
ETH Zurich
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Dec 11, 2018
Laser-based tattoo removal is typically a long process, often requiring 10 or more treatment sessions spread several weeks apart from one another. A new acoustic system, however, could reportedly allow for complete tattoo removal in as little as two to three closely-spaced sessions.
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Continue Reading RAP tech takes a sound approach to faster tattoo removal
Health & Wellbeing
Acoustics
Laser
Tattoo
Treatment
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Dec 11, 2018
Flying taxi services like Uber Elevate may take some time to arrive, but if you want to be among the first to pilot a manned multicopter, you'll have the chance in 2019. Lift Aircraft is preparing to debut a personal flight experience in an 18-prop electric VTOL aircraft for about the price of a skydive.
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Continue Reading The Hexa manned multirotor: It's real, and you can fly it
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drones
Manned multirotors
Personal Flight
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Dec 11, 2018
Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses boss Greg Parham has lived in his own tiny house for years, so when he decided to upgrade to a larger model he had both the expertise and the experience to build his ideal home. The result is the San Juan Tiny House, an off-grid dwelling well-suited to regular travel with a living room that turns into a bedroom using an elevating bed.
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Continue Reading San Juan Tiny House's elevating bed turns living room into bedroom
Tiny Houses
Building and Construction
Home
House
Micro-House
Tiny Footprint
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Dec 11, 2018
Sweden's Teenage Engineering is arguably best known for its mini synthesizers called Pocket Operators, but has been pushing design envelopes in other areas too. Last year the company toyed with smart speakers and in September of this year revealed an update to the OP-1 from 2011, a music creator called the OP-Z that can also be used to control lighting. Now a collaboration with RISE researchers has yielded a loudspeaker encased in a kind of white wood.
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Continue Reading Teenage Engineering wraps speaker in ever-white cabinet
Home Entertainment
Bluetooth Speakers
Loudspeakers
Recyclable
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Dec 11, 2018
In 1993, Doom changed everything. It wasn't the first first-person shooter, but with its groundbreaking graphics, sound, action and atmosphere, it was a seminal moment for the genre. Now, 25 years on, John Romero has announced Sigil, a free update to the original game with nine new single-player and nine new multiplayer levels.
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Continue Reading 25 years on, John Romero announces a new episode of the original Doom
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PC
Retro
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Dec 11, 2018
Having only just launched the OnePlus 6T back in October, OnePlus isn't resting on its laurels as 2018 draws to a close - it just announced a special edition of the phone in partnership with McLaren, offering a new carbon fiber pattern, faster charging, more RAM, and more storage.
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Continue Reading OnePlus adds supercar style and faster charging with the 6T McLaren Edition
Mobile Technology
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Mobile
OnePlus
Smartphones
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Dec 11, 2018
Countertop craft beer systems are not new, Seattle's PicoBrew has been offering devices of all shapes and sizes for a number of years and it's not the only company to do so. Now LG has decided to join the party with an automated machine called the HomeBrew, which will make its debut at CES 2019 in Las Vegas next month.
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Continue Reading LG appeals to home brewers with capsule-based craft beer system
Around The Home
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Brewing
CES 2019
LG
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Dec 11, 2018
Lava is one of the most awe-inspiring substances on Earth, whether it's flowing gently or blasting violently out of the ground. But what makes it switch between one or the other? To investigate the physics of interactions between lava and water, researchers from the University at Buffalo have conducted experiments on lab-made lava - with some explosive results.
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Continue Reading Explosive experiments with lab-made lava reveal hidden volcanic physics
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Geophysics
Physics
University at Buffalo
Water
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Dec 11, 2018
On the outskirts of Dubai, a shimmering metropolis built on buried oil, lies a small but similarly suave community looking at a new way of doing things. It is no small irony that the world's most brazen exemplar of fossil-fueled excess is also home to a cutting-edge example of more thoughtful modern living. But the carefully planned Dubai Sustainable City is a reminder that between the towering skyscrapers and petrol-hungry supercars there is plenty of environmental awareness to be found. As cranes hover at its edges expanding its footprint piece by piece, New Atlas ventured into the desert to see it all from the inside out.
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Continue Reading Beyond oil: Inside Dubai's Sustainable City
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Building and Construction
Dubai
Sustainability
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Dec 11, 2018
The cold industrial metal box that carries your dirt bikes to and from the trail head doesn't necessarily make the coziest home-away-from-home. Similarly, you might not want to haul those bikes inside the living room of your fully equipped luxury caravan. But New York-based trailer startup Trail Marker cleverly blends the worlds of comfy compact camping and effortless toy hauling. Its Sequoia trailer relies on a power-lift bed and full-size rear cargo door to turn a rustic, lodge-inspired interior into an effective toy garage on the road.
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Continue Reading Composite camping trailers blur the line between backcountry lodge and toy-hauling garage
Outdoors
Camping
Caravan
Off-grid
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trailers
Trail Marker
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Dec 11, 2018
Earth is teeming with life, but a new project shows most of it isn't where you'd expect. A decade-long study has now taken a census of one of the largest and least-understood ecosystems on the planet - the "deep biosphere" that extends several kilometers into the planet's crust. Among the finds are bizarre creatures that can survive at record depths, pressures and temperatures, and even "zombie" bacteria that may live (in a loose sense of the word) for millions of years at a time.
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Continue Reading 10-year study documents massive, mysterious ecosystem deep beneath our feet
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Carbon
Earth
Geology
Life
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Micro-organisms
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Dec 10, 2018
RAF Typhoon Eurofighters have taken off for the first time on an active mission armed with the latest-generation Meteor air-to-air missiles that are capable of flying at over Mach 4 (2,967 mph, 4,775 km/h). The supersonic fighter aircraft lifted off from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland on Monday during a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) mission to intercept an undisclosed airspace incursion.
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Continue Reading RAF Typhoon fighters carry first Mach-4 Meteor missiles on intercept mission
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Royal Air Force
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Dec 10, 2018
An intriguing new study is suggesting that the recent acceleration in fringe extremism and misinformation is due to the mass proliferation of information we all have at our fingertips playing up on our limits for effectively processing information.
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Continue Reading Extremism and fake news: The dark side of too much information
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Information
Information-sharing
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Dec 10, 2018
The US Navy's eighth Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has completed its acceptance trials on Lake Michigan in the run up to commissioning next year. The future USS Billings, known at present as just LCS 15, was designed and built by Lockheed Martin and integrates new technology for littoral and deep water missions.
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Continue Reading US Navy's latest Littoral Combat Ship? completes acceptance trials
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LCS
Lockheed Martin
US Navy
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Dec 10, 2018
Boeing Business Jets has launched the latest version of the 777X in the form of a record-breaking wide-bodied business jet capable of flying halfway around the world without refueling. Available in two variants, the BBJ 777X combines a range of up to 11,645 nautical miles (13,400 mi, 21,570 km) with an interior space of up to 3,689 sq ft (342.7 sq m).
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Continue Reading Boeing's new BBJ 777X business jets fly farther than any before them
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Dec 10, 2018
NASA's asteroid-hunting probe, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), only arrived at the asteroid Bennu a week ago, and it's already made a startling discovery. After analyzing data gathered by the craft, the team found that Bennu is rich in water molecules, locked away in clay minerals.
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Continue Reading NASA probe finds water on asteroid Bennu
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OSIRIS REx
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Dec 10, 2018
3D printing has opened up a whole new world of possibilities when it comes to medical implants, allowing surgeons to equip patients with bespoke devices tailored to perfectly fit their unique anatomy, a courtesy that has even been extended to penguins, turtles and dogs. Scientists at Harvard University have now broken new ground in applying the technology to damaged hearts, providing a potential new tool to keep blocked arteries open and the blood pumping freely.
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Continue Reading Harvard's 3D-printed heart valves open the door to a perfect fit
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3D Printing
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Heart Disease
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Dec 10, 2018
The first step in many cancer treatments is to surgically remove the tumorous tissue, however this often isn't enough in itself. As long as a few cells of cancer remain the tumors often grow back, but a new innovative spray gel, administered onto a cancerous site during surgery, may help prevent the tumors recurring.
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Continue Reading Novel nano-gel promises to help kill leftover cancer cells after surgery
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antibodies
Cancer
Immunotherapy
Nanoparticles
Tumor
UCLA
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Dec 10, 2018
No matter how watchful of an eye parents may keep on their small children, it's still possible for those kids to fall into swimming pools, lakes or other bodies of water. The Buddy Life-Collar was designed for such incidents, as it automatically inflates to keep its wearer's head above the surface.
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Continue Reading Neck collar for kids deploys air bags to prevent drowning
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Kaunas University of Technology
Safety
Water
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Dec 10, 2018
Joining the likes of Volvo and Jaguar, Spanish automaker Seat has introduced a safety system that automatically alerts drivers to the presence of cyclists on the road, and then proceeds to apply the brakes. The technology is being debuted on the company's Tarraco SUV.
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Continue Reading Spanish SUV automatically brakes for bikes
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Cycling
Driver Assistance
Road Safety
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Dec 10, 2018
Whether you call them beanies, tuques or simply wool hats, a lot of downhill skiers take the risk of wearing the things instead of helmets, as they're so much more comfortable. Well, that's why the ANTI Ordinary A1 was created. It's usually soft and pliable, but hardens to protect the head upon impact.
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Continue Reading Soft-bodied ski helmet hardens when taking hits
Outdoors
Helmets
Kickstarter
Queensland University of Technology
Skiing
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Dec 10, 2018
The Voyager 2 spacecraft may have finally taken the plunge into interstellar space, according to a new NASA announcement. At a distance of a little over 11 billion miles (18 billion km) from Earth, the probe is now thought to have passed beyond the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields emanating from our star that envelopes the planets of our solar system.
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Continue Reading Voyager 2 breaks through to interstellar space
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interstellar space
NASA
Solar System
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Voyager
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Dec 10, 2018
2019 marks 70 years in the high-end audio business for McIntosh Labs, and the New York firm is rolling out a limited edition commemorative system to celebrate. But you don't have to wait until next year to jump in and grab your anniversary edition tube amplifier and preamp, the order books are open now.
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Continue Reading McIntosh starts 70th birthday party early with commemorative system
Home Entertainment
Amplifiers
Audio
Audiophile
Hi-fi
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Dec 10, 2018
In February this year, Samsung revealed a 3D version of the 34 ft Cinema LED screen that was installed in a movie theater in Seoul, South Korea, in 2017. In April the company branded its huge screens Onyx, and now the Capital Cinema in Beijing's Xicheng district has been fitted out with a new 3D-ready Onyx Cinema LED screen - and it's 1.4 times wider than those which have come before.
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Continue Reading Samsung installs 46 ft 3D movie screen in Beijing's Capital Cinema
Home Entertainment
3D
Cinema
LED
Samsung
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Dec 10, 2018
2018 has been an interesting year for residential architecture, with advances in technology and the popularity of sustainable building practices resulting in many outstanding homes. After much deliberation, we've narrowed them down to our 10 favorites, including a starchitect-designed luxury house, a 3D-printed mud hut, and a sustainable hobbit hole.
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Continue Reading 2018's best homes include luxury pads and a 3D-printed mud hut
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3D Printing
Best of 2018
Green Roofs
Home
House
Luxury
Passive House
Shelter
Shipping Container
Sustainable
Zaha Hadid
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Dec 10, 2018
It's has been a pretty great year for games. Five years into this generation and developers are comfortable enough with the hardware to really push the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 to their limits, while Nintendo's quirky Switch, not yet two years old, injects its usual fun, fresh take on things. This is the point in the cycle when the real gems usually turn up, and this year that includes new entries in blockbuster franchises, some solid remakes, and even a few surprise underdogs. With new console announcements likely looming next year, New Atlas rounds up our favorite games of 2018.
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Continue Reading The best console games of 2018
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Games
Gaming
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Nintendo
Nintendo Switch
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Dec 09, 2018
Mecanoo, the Dutch architecture firm behind the world's largest performing arts center and the award-winning Library of Birmingham, has added the finishing touches to a stunning new home in Lechlade, UK. As the name might suggest, the Glass Villa on the lake is big on transparency, with its walls largely consisting of panes of glass designed to leave residents with the impression of floating on the water.
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Continue Reading Shimmering sustainable home on the lake uses glass to give residents a floating sensation
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Building and Construction
Home
Mecanoo
Sustainability
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Dec 09, 2018
Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons might be a staple of movies and video games, but they pose a very real threat. With just about every facet of modern society reliant on electronic devices, Sandia National Laboratories has developed a "friendly" EMP generator to make sure military and civilian equipment can withstand such potentially devastating bursts of electromagnetic energy.
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Continue Reading "Friendly" EMP generator to help protect electronics against electromagnetic attack
Electronics
EMP
Sandia Labs
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Dec 09, 2018
One good McLaren deserves another, and the British supercar company has chosen to celebrate the silly season with a new hardtop convertible version of its gorgeous 720S, capable of giving just about anyone an Einstein hairdo with its 202 mph top-down top speed.
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Continue Reading McLaren's 720S Spider convertible is ready to give you a 202 mph Einstein hairdo
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Convertible
McLaren
Supercars
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Dec 09, 2018
One good McLaren deserves another, and the British supercar company has chosen to celebrate the silly season with a new hardtop convertible version of its gorgeous 720S, capable of giving just about anyone an Einstein hairdo with its 202mph top-down top speed.
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Continue Reading McLaren's 720S Spider convertible is ready to give you a 202mph Einstein hairdo
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Convertible
McLaren
Supercars
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Dec 09, 2018
The winners of the 2018 Laka Competition have been revealed, collecting an exciting array of strange and innovative conceptual designs that focus on providing architectural or technological solutions to current environmental or social problems.
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Continue Reading Laka Competition celebrates futuristic architecture that reacts with its surroundings
Architecture
Architects
Competition
Concept Architecture
Designers
Future
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Dec 09, 2018
The winners of the 2018 Laka Competition have been revealed, collecting an exciting array of strange and innovative conceptual designs that focus on providing architectural or technological solutions to current environmental or social problems.
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Continue Reading Futuristic visions in a competition celebrating architecture that reacts with its surroundings
Architecture
Architects
Competition
Concept Architecture
Designers
Future
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Dec 09, 2018
We've seen quite a few interesting robot designs over the years that allow adventurous machines to negotiate difficult terrain, but few with the distinct style of the Velox robot from New York engineering firm Pliant Energy Systems. Using a novel undulating propulsion system, the bot is able to efficiently glide through the water, over rough land and has recently become adept at the art of ice-skating.
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Continue Reading Creepy Velox robot uses undulating fins to skate over solid ice
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Rover
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