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Dec 25, 2025
Dinosaurs may be long extinct, but 2025 made it abundantly clear that they're anything but settled science. Over the past year, new fossils, reanalyses of famous specimens and the use of increasingly sophisticated tools have continued to upend what we thought we knew about how these animals lived, moved, fed and evolved.
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Dec 25, 2025
A couple of months back we reported on an e-mobility spin-off from Rivian that launched a modular ebike that rides without a chain or belt. Pre-orders for the T-MB are now open, but Also is already looking to protect your noggin with a light-packing smart helmet.
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Dec 25, 2025
We certainly saw some major health-related breakthroughs in 2025, including a universal cancer vaccine and human trials for the world's first treatment to reverse spinal cord injuries. But the year was also filled with smaller findings that can still have a big impact on your day-to-day health.
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Dec 24, 2025
If you're chionoandrophobic, we recommend looking away now. Standing about 62 ft (19 m) tall, measuring roughly 46 ft (14 m) long and 36 ft (11 m) wide, 2025's largest snowman has been erected in northeast China. The smiling icy monster required some 124,000 cubic feet (3,500 cubic meters) of snow, and has already become a big touris
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Dec 24, 2025
From water-skipping robots to elephant-skin inspired cooling materials, engineers have continued to find inspiration in nature in order to move technology forward for humans.
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Science
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Dec 24, 2025
HiSense has already put out a bunch of impressive projectors to suit different needs this year - and with the upcoming XR10, it appears to have pulled out all the stops to tempt laser home cinema enthusiasts.
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Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech,
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Dec 24, 2025
I know I sounded pretty excited when I talked about Valve's Steam Frame hea
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Dec 24, 2025
Beginning sourdough bakers can lessen their struggles with Crustello, a Kickstarter from American AI tech company Race Box. It takes the stress out of being a helicopter parent of a sourdough starter kit, by modernizing an ancient baking method.
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Dec 24, 2025
At first glance, a flyable airplane made of cardboard sounds almost like a joke - the sort of thing that collapses long before it ever leaves the ground. But YouTuber and serial tinkerer Peter Sripol built one that you could sit in, roll down a runway, and attempt to fly.
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Dec 24, 2025
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Michigan have created the world's smallest autonomous and programmable robots. Each measuring about 200 micrometers wide - roughly twice the width of a human hair - these machines can perceive their surroundings, "think," and act independently without external instructions. According to their developers, such technology could one day monitor the health of individual cell
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Dec 24, 2025
The Trump administration has announced that it wants to build a new class of battleships. But this is just one element of the Golden Fleet -a larger program of naval reform aimed at a major transformation of the US Navy and its strategy.
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Dec 23, 2025
The next transformative phase of weight-loss medication is upon us, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving Novo Nordisk's highly anticipated oral GLP-1 drug - with a starting dose available in early January for US$149.
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Dec 23, 2025
The Mouflon Tent from Belgian-American company CanvasCamp pulls together a rugged canvas build, instant-pitching integrated hub frame, and massive windows on all four sides like no other tent we've seen. Whether you're leisurely camping at a local park or overlanding t
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Dec 23, 2025
The Mouflon Tent from Belgian-American company CanvasCamp pulls together a rugged canvas build, instant-pitching integrated hub frame, and massive windows on all four sides like no other tent we've seen. Whether you're leisurely camping at a local park or overl
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Dec 23, 2025
The Mouflon Tent from Belgian-American company CanvasCamp pulls together a rugged canvas build, instant-pitching integrated hub frame, and massive windows on all four sides like no other tent we've seen. Whether you're leisurely camping at a local park or overl
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Dec 23, 2025
While it might sound like a weapon of oceanic destruction in the hands of Aquaman's arch enemies, the new "stingraybot" from a team at ETH Zurich (the Federal Institute of Technology of Switzerland) offers enormous promise for surgery, medical care, wildlife biology, robotics, and more, thanks to muscular memb
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Dec 23, 2025
While it might sound like a weapon of oceanic destruction in the hands of Aquaman's arch enemies, the new "stingraybot" from a team at ETH Zurich (the Federal Institute of Technology of Switzerland) offers enormous promise for surgery, medical care, wildlife biology, robotics, and more, thanks to muscular memb
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Dec 23, 2025
Making the wings on passenger jets thinner and longer can go a long way toward reducing drag and making them more efficient, but they vibrate like crazy. Engineers at NASA and Boeing are now tackling the problem.
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Aircraft, Trans
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Dec 23, 2025
It's hard not to think of 'T800' without "The Terminator" and "Skynet" coming to mind. However, EngineAI has created a robot with that exact name. This isn't Hollywood science fiction; it's an acrobatic, combat-ready machine that will soon be mass-produced for industrial applica
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Dec 23, 2025
Since 2011, scientists have been puzzled about the force resulting from a gigantic earthquake and tsunami that destroyed, among other things, Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant. Now, a Guinness World Record drilling expedition has solved the puzzle.
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Environment, Science
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Dec 23, 2025
When Triumph released its first-ever 400cc motorcycles last year - the Speed 400 and Scram 400 - very few people would have foreseen the success that followed. Many at the time termed them as the most value-for-money motorcycles on the market, and it seems like the bikemaker has taken note of that success.
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Dec 22, 2025
The end of the Age of the Battleship appears to have been called prematurely as the Trump administration, as part of its Golden Fleet US Navy reform, says it is reviving the giant battlewagons in the form of 35,000-tonne Trump-class battleships.
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Dec 22, 2025
Back in 2009, a friend bet British cyclist Paul Spencer that he couldn't ride his bike the length of the British Isles in less than a week. Spencer took up the challenge, and completed the route - from Land's End in England to John O' Groats village in Scotland - in just four days.
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Dec 22, 2025
After several busy years of ebike and bicycle camper debuts, the segment really seemed to slow down in 2025. In fact, we only saw one new bicycle camper debut this year, in the form of the truly one-of-a-kind Spacecamper e-cargo-
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Dec 22, 2025
After several busy years of ebike and bicycle camper debuts, the segment really seemed to slow down in 2025. In fact, we only saw one new bicycle camper debut this year, in the form of the truly one-of-a-kind Spacecamper e-cargo-integrated nano-motorhome. Befo
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Dec 22, 2025
After several busy years of ebike and bicycle camper debuts, the segment really seemed to slow down in 2025. In fact, we only saw one new bicycle camper debut this year, in the form of the truly one-of-a-kind Spacecamper e-cargo-integrated nano-motorhome. Befo
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Dec 22, 2025
After several busy years of ebike and bicycle camper debuts, the segment really seemed to slow down in 2025. In fact, we only saw one new bicycle camper debut this year, in the form of the truly one-of-a-kind Spacecamper e-cargo-integrated nano-motorhome. Befo
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Dec 22, 2025
After several busy years of ebike and bicycle camper debuts, the segment really seemed to slow down in 2025. In fact, we only saw one new bicycle camper debut this year, in the form of the truly one-of-a-kind Spacecamper e-cargo-
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Dec 22, 2025
Many of the tiny houses we see nowadays can actually be surprisingly expensive and quite spacious, with some even suitable for raising a family. However, the Ambra focuses on the basics and delivers a genuinely small, affordable home for up to two people.
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Dec 22, 2025
I haven't tried this product, but even
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Dec 22, 2025
In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter research.
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Dec 21, 2025
I never once dreamed of having automated blinds until one day when Smartwings reached out for a review. I was hesitant at first because I live in a rental, but then I thought I'd for sure get my deposit back when we eventually move out after an upgrade like automatic shades, right?
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Dec 21, 2025
I never once dreamed of having automated blinds until one day, when Smartwings reached out for a review. I was hesitant at first because I live in a rental, but then I thought I'd for sure get my deposit back when we eventually move out after an upgrade like automatic shades, right?
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Dec 21, 2025
For nearly a century, a strange band of thousands of holes carved into a Peruvian hillside has defied explanation. Stretching for nearly a mile (1.5 km) along the edge of the Pisco Valley, Monte Sierpe - "serpent mountain" appears to be a deliberate, repetitive and almost mathematical feature - but its real purpose h
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Dec 21, 2025
Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero's Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft has completed its historic maiden flight. On December 16, 2025 at 12:26 pm PST, the autonomous passenger carrier lifted off from the Wisk flight test facility at Hollister, California.
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Aircraft, Transport
Boeing,
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Dec 21, 2025
Step aside, Van Gogh. Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New research shows that several orb-weaving species construct giant web-mounted "doppelgängers" convincing enough
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Dec 21, 2025
Step aside, Van Gogh. Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New research shows that several orb-weaving species construct giant web-mounted "doppelgängers" convincing enough
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Dec 20, 2025
Mitsubishi teased an update of its legendary, small, rugged Delica van a couple months back at the Tokyo Motor Show. Looking at the prototype it showed there, we wouldn't have pegged it as "the strongest ever," but that's how Mitsubishi announced it during the official production introduction this week.
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Dec 20, 2025
Mitsubishi teased an update of its legendary, small, rugged Delica van a couple months back at the Tokyo Motor Show. Looking at the prototype it showed there, we wouldn't have pegged it as "the strongest ever," but that's how Mitsubishi announced it during the official production introduction this week.
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Dec 20, 2025
Mitsubishi teased an update of its legendary, small, rugged Delica van a couple months back at the Tokyo Motor Show. Looking at the prototype it showed there, we wouldn't have pegged it as "the strongest ever," but that's how Mitsubishi announced it during the official production introduction this week.
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Dec 20, 2025
Mitsubishi teased an update of its legendary, small, rugged Delica van a couple months back at the Tokyo Motor Show. Looking at the prototype it showed there, we wouldn't have pegged it as "the strongest ever," but that's how Mitsubishi announced it during the official production introduction this week.
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Dec 20, 2025
Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans - similar to how we do with DNA and dental records - that could come in handy while investigating crimes.
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Dec 20, 2025
Tattoos have gained widespread popularity, with nearly one in three Americans having at least one. But beneath the colorful designs lurks a hidden journey. According to a new study, tattoo ink doesn't stay in the skin; it travels and accumulates in the lymph nodes, potentially causing lifelong changes to the immune system. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether thes
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Dec 20, 2025
It's ironic … in order for farmers to know if their fruit is ripe, they regularly have to pick and analyze pieces of that fruit, reducing their yields. Utilizing a new technique, however, they could soon leave all the fruit intact, analyzing the leaves beside it instead.
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Dec 19, 2025
Hepatitis C is a tiny virus with a significant impact. It's a small RNA virus that spreads through the blood and infects the liver. Even though today's medicines can cure it, hepatitis C remains a major global health challenge. Around 50 million people worldwide live with this infection, and every year, about 242,000 people die, mostly because long-term infection can scar the liver or lead to liver
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Dec 19, 2025
Bringing a taste of Japanese camping flair and fashion to the United States, the Grayhus tent from Tokyo Crafts is a fantastically geometric wilderness abode that elevates the outdoor experience, whether you're inside or viewing from afar its juxtaposition against the organic fl
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Dec 19, 2025
Bringing a taste of Japanese camping flair and fashion to the United States, the Grayhus tent from Tokyo Crafts is a fantastically geometric wilderness abode that elevates the outdoor experience, whether you're inside or viewing from afar its juxtaposition against the organic flow of its natural surrounds. The tent
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Dec 19, 2025
Nobody likes potholes, nor do they like the environmental damage associated with the petroleum utilized in traditional asphalt bitumen. That's why scientists are now looking at replacing the latter with a binder derived from everyone's green friend, algae.
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Dec 19, 2025
When one eye is deprived of vision early in life, it can lead to amblyopia, a condition more commonly known as lazy eye. This happens because a lack of input disrupts synapse formation in the brain's primary visual cortex, weakening vision in that eye.
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Dec 19, 2025
If you're after a free, simple boost for pushing through challenges, try swearing your way to your goals. A new study has uncovered the surprising psychological effect that cursing in the heat of the moment has - for the swearer, at least.
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Dec 18, 2025
According to a NASA study, Saturn's moon Titan may be the most fantastically large slushie of all time. Based on a reexamination of data from the Cassini probe collected in 2012, the moon's long-suspected global ocean may actually be a slurry of ice and rock.
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Dec 18, 2025
A sharp, new twist on the classic moka pot, the Turbo Moka packs a unique design that deletes the line between function and flair. The series of gnarled ridges and channels that encircle its base are designed to increase surface area and better focus flames on efficiency-boosted heating. Long story short, your morning coffee w
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Dec 18, 2025
A sharp, new twist on the classic moka pot, the Turbo Moka packs a unique design that deletes the line between function and flair. The series of gnarled ridges and channels that encircle its base are designed to increase surface area and better focus flames on efficiency-boosted heating. Long story short, your morning coffee w
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Dec 18, 2025
A sharp, new twist on the classic moka pot, the Turbo Moka packs a unique design that deletes the line between function and flair. The series of gnarled ridges and channels that encircle its base are designed to increase surface area and better focus flames on efficiency-boosted heating. Long story short, your morning coffee w
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Dec 18, 2025
The tons of discarded mussel shells generated by the seafood industry may be organic, but they're still very slow to biodegrade in landfills. They may soon find new life, however, sandblasting jeans in the textile industry.
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Dec 18, 2025
Wind turbines are essential to the global shift away from fossil fuels, but what happens when their blades reach the end of their service lifespan? Often, they end up in landfills, which obviously isn't ideal. With that problem in mind, an architect has come up with a clever idea: using the retired rotor blades as a building material.
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Dec 18, 2025
Researchers have homed in on a single gut microbe that acts to prevent fat gain, even with a high-fat diet. The discovery adds to the booming science of finding ways to enlist the microbes that already live in our bodies to help us improve our health.
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Dec 18, 2025
Researchers have homed in on a single gut microbe that acts to prevent fat gain, even with a high-fat diet. The discovery adds to the booming science of finding ways to enlist the microbes that already live in our bodies to help us improve our health.
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Dec 18, 2025
For anyone who ever wanted to own an insane track bike producing a whopping 220 horses courtesy of a dual-rotary 690cc engine, you're in luck. An exclusive Crighton CR700W - one of only 25 that were ever made - is on sale … and it could be yours!
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Dec 18, 2025
For anyone who ever wanted to own an insane track bike producing a whopping 220 horses courtesy of a dual-rotary 690cc engine, you're in luck. An exclusive Crighton CR700W - one of only 25 that were ever made - is on sale … and it could be yours!
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Dec 18, 2025
The use of blood-flow restriction (BFR) cuffs that "hack" your physiology to speed up strength and muscle gains when you do light workouts has been growing in popularity in recent years. However, researchers have now discovered that they come with a significant downside - especially the older you get.
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Dec 17, 2025
If you're a custom motorcycle builder and there's one event where you fantasize about showcasing your build, it has to be Japan's Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show. It's the crème de la crème of custom shows, being the place you want to be if you want to spot some of the most insane bike builds.
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Dec 17, 2025
RV designs like the retract-a-chassis Touchdown trailer from Dutch innovator Expandable are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. But they're even more so when built to task. One of Expandable's latest builds was creat
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Dec 17, 2025
RV designs like the retract-a-chassis Touchdown trailer from Dutch innovator Expandable are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. But they're even more so when built to task.
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Dec 17, 2025
RV designs like the retract-a-chassis Touchdown trailer from Dutch innovator Expandable are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. But they're even more so when built to task. One of Expandable's latest builds was created for the Shiver Offroad rally raid team, which will be competing for the Dakar crown in jus
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Dec 17, 2025
RV designs like the retract-a-chassis Touchdown trailer from Dutch innovator Expandable are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. But they're even more so when built to task. One of Expandable's latest builds was created for the Shiver Offroad rally raid team, which will be competing for the Dakar crown in jus
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Dec 17, 2025
RV designs like the retract-a-chassis Touchdown trailer from Dutch innovator Expandable are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. But they're even more so when built to task. One of Expandable's latest builds was creat
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Dec 17, 2025
RV designs like the retract-a-chassis Touchdown trailer from Dutch innovator Expandable are awe-inspiring in and of themselves. But they're even more so when built to task. One of Expandable's latest builds was created for the Shiver Offroad rally raid team, which will be competing for the Dakar crown in jus
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Dec 17, 2025
Snowmobiles are an effective means of moving across the snow and ice, but for many tasks they're … well, they're more of a vehicle than you need. The Snowdog is a simpler alternative, and it's now available in an electric model known as the SnowdogX.
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Snowmobiles, Toys,
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Dec 17, 2025
Although they're constantly improving, robots aren't necessarily known for their gentle touch. A new robotic system from MIT and Stanford takes a unique stab at changing that, with a robot that uses vine-like tendrils to do its lifting.
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Dec 17, 2025
A team of Australian bodyboarding ratbags has managed to capture staggering footage of an extraordinary oceanic phenomenon: a place where four 12-ft (3.7-m) waves regularly converge into an oval dip, with explosive results.
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Dec 17, 2025
A team of Australian bodyboarding ratbags has managed to capture staggering footage of an extraordinary oceanic phenomenon: a place where four 12-ft (3.7-m) waves regularly converge into an oval dip, with explosive results.
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Dec 17, 2025
A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving the way for an entirely new approach to treating cancer.
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Dec 16, 2025
Ever fly Economy and felt like you were being tortured by the seat? It turns out that you're not being fussy, the seats really are horrible from an ergonomic point of view, which is why you're suffering. Oh, and that might be by design.
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Aircraft
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Dec 16, 2025
Hangzhou is the latest city in China to take traffic control to a new level, rolling out a new AI-powered robot police officer to direct vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection and issue polite warnings to law-breakers.
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Dec 16, 2025
Hangzhou is the latest city in China to take traffic control to a new level, rolling out a new AI-powered robot police officer to direct vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection and issue polite warnings to law-breakers.
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Dec 16, 2025
When nights stay warm, the body struggles to cool down, a key signal for drifting into deep sleep. Heat doesn't just shorten sleep; it disrupts its rhythm, sparks dehydration, and keeps the nervous system on alert.
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Dec 16, 2025
There aren't many cars with appeal as enduring as the original Honda NSX. Its beautiful, low-slung styling, the sheer dearth of examples you can find today, and its genuine ability to compete with European sports cars all contribute to its legend. Now, 35 years after the first-generation NSX came into being, the sports car is receiving a beau
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Dec 16, 2025
There aren't many cars with appeal as enduring as the original Honda NSX. Its beautiful, low-slung styling, the sheer dearth of examples you can find today, and its genuine ability to compete with European sports cars all contribute to its legend. Now, 35 years after the first-generation NSX came into being, the sports car is receiving a beau
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Dec 16, 2025
When you're camping, you're typically in need of a work surface, plus you're typically surrounded by trees. That's where the Kimberlite Tree Table comes in, as - that's right - it's a packable multi-use platform that you strap to a tree.
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Gear, Outdoors
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Dec 16, 2025
When you're camping, you're typically in need of a work surface, plus you're typically surrounded by trees. That's where the Kimberlite Tree Table comes in, as - that's right - it's a packable multi-use platform that you strap to a tree.
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Dec 16, 2025
When you're camping, you're typically in need of a work surface, plus you're typically surrounded by trees. That's where the Kimberlite Tree Table comes in, as - that's right - it's a packable multi-use platform that you strap to a tree.
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Dec 15, 2025
It proved to be a fun year for tents. We tracked new tent designs of all styles, shapes and sizes a little more closely than we have in the past and saw a whole lot of innovation and activity. The year brought the further expansion of high-perfor
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Dec 15, 2025
It proved to be a fun year for tents. We tracked new tent designs of all styles, shapes and sizes a little more closely than we have in the past and saw a whole lot of innovation and activity. The year brought the further expansion of high-performance freestanding ultralight tents from bo
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Dec 15, 2025
The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries to Mesopotamians and Egyptians, has finally been identified: a series of severe, long-lasting droughts that dried rivers across the Indus Valley more than 4,000 years ago.
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Dec 15, 2025
For the first time, scientists have demonstrated how tanning beds cause fundamental DNA damage across almost the skin'se entire surface that results in a threefold risk of developing melanoma. It puts beyond doubt the dangers associated with using these devices.
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Dec 15, 2025
Electronics that can't be easily dismantled for recycling aren't very eco-friendly, nor are petroleum-based adhesives. Scientists have set about addressing both issues, by developing a switchable adhesive made mainly of rose oil.
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Dec 15, 2025
Electronics that can't be easily dismantled for recycling aren't very eco-friendly, nor are petroleum-based adhesives. Scientists have set about addressing both issues, by developing a switchable adhesive made mainly of rose oil.
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Dec 15, 2025
After peering in at the Freedom Camper (née Tusca Hitchhiker), we were wondering if we'd see more wheel-less camper pods hit the scene. Well, we now have an answer and an official Freedom competitor that hails from a brand that specializes in building tiny campers in var
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Dec 15, 2025
Could you imagine being able to "feel" the images on your screen? UCSB researchers have made this sci-fi-like idea a reality. They've developed a display where pixels physically rise off the surface when activated by laser light.
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Dec 15, 2025
Could you imagine being able to "feel" the images on your screen? UCSB researchers have made this sci-fi-like idea a reality. They've developed a display where pixels physically rise off the surface when activated by laser light.
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Dec 15, 2025
The Duna was commissioned by a customer who wanted to experience the comfort of a city apartment in a rural setting. This off-grid tiny house definitely fits the bill, and combines space-saving design with the maker's trademark timber craftsmanship.
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Tiny Houses, Outdoors
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