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Nov 06, 2025
If you have a brain, and if you know others who do, then you know there's a catastrophic catalogue of ways that our skull-socket electro-fat computers can disappoint their owners. From memory-loss to migraines, from depression to dementia, the brain is astonishingly inventive at decaying in ways that can turn many people's existences into mental hell.
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Nov 06, 2025
A new poll commissioned by the American Psychological Association (APA) has shed light on a disturbing trend among residents in the US. An increased sense of division is leading to a cascade of other negative effects.
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Society & C
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Nov 06, 2025
Backcountry Tiny Homes' latest model, the Beachcomber tiny house, pushes the limits of small living. Designed for one or two people, it features a remarkably roomy and storage-packed interior tha
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Nov 06, 2025
You don't often see MV Agusta announce back-to-back bikes in a matter of just a few days. Following the reveal of the Brutale 800 this past week, the ex-Pierer Mobility-owned brand has unveiled the latest naked motorcycle in its Brutale lineup.
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Nov 06, 2025
Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible discovery - a giant communal spider web spanning more than 100 square meters (1,000 sq ft), dense enough to resemble a l
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Nov 05, 2025
Generally Honda is the name among Japan's Big Three automotive powers that's pushing out a fast, ferocious new side-by-side during any given calendar year. This time around, though, it's Toyota. The company adds to its already large list of recent concept debuts with a radical side-x-side that u
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Nov 05, 2025
Generally Honda is the name among Japan's Big Three automotive powers that's pushing out a fast, ferocious new side-by-side during any given calendar year. This time around, though, it's Toyota. The company adds to its already large list of recent concept debuts with a
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Nov 05, 2025
Generally Honda is the name among Japan's Big Three automotive powers that's pushing out a fast, ferocious new side-by-side during any given calendar year. This time around, though, it's Toyota. The company adds to its already large list of recent concept debuts with a
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Nov 05, 2025
Coffee lovers distraught by the closing of several hundred Starbucks locations worldwide may not be crying in their empty mugs much longer, if G&A Robot installs one of its all-in-one automated beverage vending machines in their city. Th
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Nov 05, 2025
If you find 3D printers to be just a little too coldly futuristic, this contraption might be more to your liking. Scientists from Cornell University have created a machine that knits solid 3D objects out of nice old-timey conventional yarn.
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3D Printing, Manufactur
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Nov 05, 2025
You could be forgiven for thinking that this extraordinary building was dreamed up as some sort of alien megastructure for a sci-fi movie. However, the Yidan Center is very much real and is currently nearing completion.
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Nov 05, 2025
By now, it's pretty clear how successful the CB1000 Hornet has been for Honda. Not because of pure motorcycle sales, but because it has served as the ideal platform to base multiple other models on.
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Motor
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Nov 05, 2025
An innovative gel that forms a layer over teeth and then recruits calcium and phosphate ions from saliva to build new enamel has the potential to change dental treatment. To date, we don't have any way to regenerate the tough outer layer of enamel on our teeth as it erodes with age.
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Nov 05, 2025
First Japan wants to make space sake and now China has been roasting New Orleans-style chicken wings and black pepper steaks in a specially made hot-air oven aboard its Tiangong space station, according to China's Global Times state news service.
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Nov 04, 2025
Victorinox has updated its massive Swiss Army knife lineup with a few compact, lightweight everyday carriers that put a modern spin on the classic multitool. The new Alox Refined Collection features a skeletonized version of Victorinox's anodic aluminum oxide scales, providing sure-gripping performance, ultralight carry and a unique look. The flagship of the three-knife series, the Synergy X brings nine handy tools
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Nov 04, 2025
Victorinox has updated its massive Swiss Army knife lineup with a few compact, lightweight everyday carriers that put a modern spin on the classic multitool. The new Alox Refined Collection features a skeletonized version of Victorinox's anodic aluminum oxide scales, providing sure-gripping performance, ultralight carry and a unique look. The
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Nov 04, 2025
The all-new Walkabout is a different type of RV than we're used to from the folks at Keystone. It feels like a cross between the typical American travel trailer and a hardcore off-road Australian caravan. The split-personality rig is a rough-hewn, hard-nosed adventure support vehicle outside and an exceptionally comfortable and livable h
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Nov 04, 2025
With Polaris recently declared to have sold a majority stake in Indian Motorcycle, there will be a lot more eyes on the American bikemaker now, scrutinizing every move, every launch, and every motorcycle it puts out ... Even though the sale isn't e
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Nov 04, 2025
Now that Indian is functioning as an independent bikemaker after Polaris sold a major stake in the American company, there will be even more eyes on it, scrutinizing every move, every launch, and every motorcycle it puts out ... and the Sport Scout
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Nov 04, 2025
Years of waiting could soon be over for Windows users who've long envied Apple's Magic Trackpad. Hyper, a California-based innovator with 20 years in the tech industry, introduced the HyperSpace Trackpad Pro on Kickstarter last month. The fundraising goal was reached within minutes of launch, so this overlooked gap in the market may soon be filled.
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Nov 04, 2025
Years of waiting could soon be over for Windows users who've long envied Apple's Magic Trackpad. Hyper, a California-based innovator with 20 years in the tech industry, introduced the HyperSpace Trackpad Pro on Kickstarter last month. The fundraising goal was reached within minutes of launch, so this overlooked gap in the market may soon be filled.
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Nov 04, 2025
Holy sun-repellant spray, Batman! Could injecting billions of kilograms of sunlight-dimming aerosols into the atmosphere save the planet from industrial climate destruction? Or is that just Joker-level insanity? A new Columbia Climate School report definit
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Nov 04, 2025
Holy sun-repellant spray, Batman! Could injecting billions of kilograms of sunlight-dimming aerosols into the atmosphere save the planet from industrial climate destruction? Or is that just Joker-level insanity? A new Columbia Climate School report definit
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Nov 04, 2025
This remarkable supertall looks likely to make a splash even in skyscraper-packed Dubai. The luxurious residential tower will feature four "SkyParks" integrated into its structure, allowing residents to escape from the heat and bustle of the city streets.
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Architecture, Technology
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Nov 04, 2025
We've heard rumblings for a while, but the time is finally here. Norton Motorcycles' revival is complete as the iconic British bikemaker launches the first of six new motorcycles. It's called the Manx R, and it's as proper a supersport as they come.
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Nov 04, 2025
Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites. One hypothesis has been that our proto-Earth (what the earliest stages of the Earth is referred to, before the Moon formed) gathered different kinds of material than it did after th
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Nov 03, 2025
A promising "two-in-one" experimental drug could tackle both type 2 diabetes and heart disease by slashing cholesterol and inflammation, potentially offering a powerful new way to protect the heart and improve metabolism.
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Nov 03, 2025
In a breakthrough for diagnostics, scientists have created an easy and effective test that identifies a heart failure biomarker in saliva, opening the door to more rapid and accessible life-saving medical interventions for the disease.
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Nov 03, 2025
There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have advanced their breakthrough theory - and it could help us design materials that can respond to the environment and change color on demand.
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Nov 03, 2025
A dangerous type of bird flu virus (called H5N1) continues to circulate among dairy cows in the US. The virus targets the mammary gland's milk-secreting epithelial cells, causing painful infections in the udder. It also leads to large amounts of virus being released into the milk. This infected milk can expose other cows, pets, wild animals, and possibly hu
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Nov 03, 2025
Victorinox has updated its massive Swiss Army knife lineup with a few compact, lightweight everyday carriers that put a modern spin on the classic multitool. The new Alox Refined Collection features a skeletonized version of Victorinox's anodized aluminum oxide scales, providing sure-gripping performance, ultralight carry and a unique look. T
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Nov 03, 2025
Toyota has unveiled the Tacoma H2-Overlander Concept at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. The concept filters water, charges EVs, an
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Nov 03, 2025
Toyota has unveiled the Tacoma H2-Overlander Concept at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. The concept filters water, charges EVs, an
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Nov 03, 2025
Toyota has unveiled the Tacoma H2-Overlander Concept at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. The concept filters w
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Nov 03, 2025
Toyota has unveiled the Tacoma H2-Overlander Concept at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. The concept filters water, charges EVs, and is built on the TNGA-
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Nov 03, 2025
Toyota has unveiled the Tacoma H2-Overlander Concept at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. The concept filters water, charges EVs, and is built on the TNGA-
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Nov 03, 2025
If someone is experiencing homelessness, their smartphone often becomes their sole means of staying connected with loved ones and accessing critical services. Charging that phone can be challenging, however, which is why the solar-panel-equipped Makeshift Traveler ba
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Nov 03, 2025
The simple habit of getting in a daily walk has been shown to have numerous health benefits over the last few years. In a remarka
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Nov 03, 2025
An Australian company is preparing to roll out a series of giant, rotating ski barrels designed to make the experience of carving endless fresh snow available to city folk without a long drive. We talk to Snowtunnel co-founder and CEO Scott Kessler.
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Nov 03, 2025
A roof paint that can cool your home and pull fresh water straight out of the air? It's within reach, as scientists scale up production of a new kind of paint-like coating that shields roofing from the sun's rays and harvests dew from its surface.
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Nov 02, 2025
Why have just one technological breakthrough when you can have two at the same time? The Royal Navy has installed for the first time a quantum clock into its XV Excalibur robotic submarine for extended precise underwater navigation.
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Military, Technology
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Nov 02, 2025
Starting cannabis use before the age of 15 may set the stage for future health struggles, according to a new study linking early cannabis use to higher odds of both mental and physical health problems in young adulthood.
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Nov 02, 2025
A finger is among the least practical places possible to strap a watch, and even watches themselves have become a fairly impractical redundancy in the smartphone age. And yet, we want the new Casio G-Shock Nano anyway. A lot. Following up on the 50th anniversary edition ring watch Casio introduced last year, the new Nano adds a beefier build with 200-m (660-ft) water resistance, shock resistance and a working miniaturized strap. This one is truly a G-Sh
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Nov 02, 2025
It was late 2013 when I bought my first dash cam. I used to commute from Reno, Nevada, out to Salt Lake City, Utah and once or twice a week at night. It was 502 miles door to door, and I could do it in about 7.5 hours. Let me tell you, a lot of wild stuff happens on I-80 across the great barren expanses of Nevada in the middle of the night.
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Nov 02, 2025
We're getting down to the business end of one of the best annual competitions, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. After nearly 10,000 entries, the finalists have been unveiled - and we've picked out some favorites.
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Photography,
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Nov 02, 2025
Blurring the line between biology and robotics, Chinese scientists are taking biomimicry to new depths with a small, low-energy bionic jellyfish that's so lifelike in form and movement it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
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Nov 02, 2025
Blurring the line between biology and robotics, Chinese scientists are taking biomimicry to new depths with a small, low-energy bionic jellyfish that's so lifelike in form and movement it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
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Nov 02, 2025
This light-filled tiny house combines compact dimensions with a focus on daylight and home comforts. Featuring an extra-wide interior, it squeezes in a well-proportioned kitchen, a downstairs bedroom, and a bathroom with a bathtub.
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Nov 02, 2025
I've been a plane aficionado for as long as I can remember. I'm not exactly a plane "nut," but I think I might know a bit more than the average person who isn't a pilot. Yet somehow, I'd never heard of t
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Nov 02, 2025
A new study of exceptionally long-lived Rottweilers revealed that keeping their testes longer may help them age more gracefully, offering fresh clues for how hormones shape frailty and resilience in both dogs and humans.
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Nov 02, 2025
They may be better known for stir-fries than supercomputing, but shiitake mushrooms have now been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but with almost no environmental footprint.
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Nov 01, 2025
Imagine pulling over for a coffee and gaining another 60 miles of range before your cup cools. That's the kind of promise BBM Motorcycles is making with its new Hiro platform. The Spanish-built modular EV aims to blend rapid charging
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Nov 01, 2025
Catching up with the latest viral TikToks on your smartphone or getting lost in mobile gaming can be a strain on the eyes. E Ink alternatives are few and far between, and they can be pricey for what you get. Bigme has now launched more budget-friendly options.
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Mobile Technology, Co
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Nov 01, 2025
I stood in the windy desert of Nevada watching one vehicle after the next launch out of the inflatable arch and into the sand ahead. Cheers and engine blips marked each exit from the Rebelle Rally base camp. These women were heading out into the unknown with nothing more than a map and a pencil to guide them. It was pretty badass.
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Nov 01, 2025
How did a guitar that failed to grab its intended market - the market it was literally named after - end up becoming the instrument of choice across surf-rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop, shoegaze and more?
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Music, Consumer Tech, Technology
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Nov 01, 2025
For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and slowly losing its connection to the upper mantle. This is the first clear glimpse of what happens when one of Earth's most powerful engines begins to wind down.
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Nov 01, 2025
As its name suggests, the Weekender isn't really intended for full-time living. However, the compact tiny house offers a well-designed, light-filled interior that's well-suited to regular travel and short s
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Nov 01, 2025
It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you're unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick penetration that precipitates an emergency. It may be unsettling therefore to view the results of very recent research that has captured, on ultra-slow motion video, the attack styles of 36 very venomous serpents.
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Nov 01, 2025
Scientists found that nearly every cancer harbors its own distinct community of microbes - tiny passengers that can influence how tumors start, spread, and respond to treatment, paving the way for a new era of precision medicine.
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Illnesses and conditions,
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Nov 01, 2025
It was around 18 years ago that the Kawasaki KLE 500 ruled markets worldwide, giving stiff competition to the likes of the Honda Transalp and even the Yamaha Tenere. Now, after months of speculation, Kawasaki has brought the KLE back in an all-new avatar.
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Motorcycles, Transport
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Nov 01, 2025
While not everyone with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is creative, there are a lot of creative people with neurodivergent brains. Now, new research suggests this could be due to the way our minds wander.
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Oct 31, 2025
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world responded with public health measures, including nationwide lockdowns, social distancing measures, and travel restrictions. The idea was that we needed to avoid close contact to reduce the transmission of the virus. But it appears that humans aren't the only ones to
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Oct 31, 2025
In an unusual move, at least for Toyota, the company has unveiled a high-performance concept electric car at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. The Toyota bZ Time Attack Concept is what the Toyota Motorsports Garage team
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Oct 31, 2025
In what is turning out to be a pretty calm year for Mopar concepts, the 2025 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show features only two new offerings, neither of which is too outlandish - The Dude, and a Moparized Dodge SIXPACK Charger.
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Automotive
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Oct 31, 2025
I'd like the pickup camper without the pickup truck, please. Serbian RV upstart Roofroomer has exactly what you crave in its Native camper, a fiberglass elbow that reimagines automotive living. The unique L-shaped rooftop camping pod packs all hard walls with no pop-up roof or tent fabric and houses a functional kitchen-cum-bathroom to complement its roomy, over-cab double bed. It's a vehicular mullet that's all party and no business.
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Oct 31, 2025
British startup Longbow Motors has unveiled a new electric sports car in two formats. The open top Speedster version will be limited to 150 units and a coupe-style Roadster will follow.
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Automotive, Transport
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Oct 31, 2025
We're a little late to the party on this one, but this folding electric Long John is definitely worth a closer look. The E-Fold comes from a German startup and was born of the founder's frustration with trying to get his ride on public transport.
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Bicycles,
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Oct 31, 2025
Very few outside of Japan might be familiar with the Toyota Century, a full-size saloon that has functioned as the automaker's signature vehicle in its home country, with the emperor, prime minister, and other influential people all using one.
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Automotive,
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Oct 31, 2025
Very few outside of Japan might be familiar with the Toyota Century, a full-size saloon that has functioned as the automaker's signature vehicle in its home country, with the emperor, prime minister, and other influential people all using one.
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Oct 31, 2025
If you grew up nerdy in the 90s, y
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Oct 31, 2025
Rheinmetall and MBDA have met a major milestone in moving their containerized laser weapon system to market. After a year of sea trials, the high-energy laser is moving to further land-based testing before going operational with the German Navy in 2029.
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Military,
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Oct 31, 2025
Even brief, friendly interactions can lift the emotional weight of dementia caregiving, with new research showing that connections, especially casual ones, offer powerful protection against loneliness and isolation.
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Oct 31, 2025
Rolls-Royce is ditching diesel for methanol with its new maritime engine, described as the world's first high-speed marine engine in its performance class to operate exclusively on pure wood alcohol for a potentially CO2-neutral drivetrain.
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Energy,
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Oct 30, 2025
More than 60 million years on from its final day on Earth, there's a dinosaur we owe an apology. Paleontologists confirm that the Tyrannosaurus rex locked in combat with a Triceratops in the famous Dueling Dinosaurs specimen is not a T. rex after all.
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Oct 30, 2025
Toyota won minds and melted hearts at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show with a compact concept van and mini-adventurer it called the Kayoibako, going so far as to show what it would look like as a light camper. The modular x-mover was as functional as it was adorable ... in a concept van way, at least. Two years later, the Japan Mobility Show is back, and so is the Kayoibako. Th
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Oct 30, 2025
There's nothing quite like celebrating Dean Harrison's two Super
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Oct 30, 2025
Over the past decade there have been a few attempts to replace the traditional computer mouse with a lighter and faster gadget, but none of them seemed to fully meet users' needs. The Prolo Ring is the most recent innovation, launched on Kickstarter a week ago. It looks l
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Oct 30, 2025
The new Cardo Beyond isn't just another Bluetooth add-on; it's the company's first fully integrated helmet with its acclaimed comms tech baked right into the shell.
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Motorcycles, Transport
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Oct 30, 2025
Construction is underway on an eye-catching new project that promises to put a musical twist on sky high living. Named the Sax, it will consist of a pair of residential skyscrapers that are connected by a large skybridge high above the ground.
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Oct 30, 2025
The world's top DLP projector brand has launched a new dual-laser model, which not only promises stunning visuals with "unmatched clarity and color accuracy" but also gives home cinema buffs the opportunity to transform the viewing space into a console game room.
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Home Entertainment,
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Oct 30, 2025
At MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, a new supercomputer has arrived. TX-GAIN, capable of two AI-exaflops, fuses more than six hundred GPUs into a single, coordinated pulse of processing power. Built not just to calculate but to comprehend, it promises to accelerate breakthroughs in medicine, climate modeling, and beyond.
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Oct 30, 2025
The humble henna plant, famed for its vibrant dye, could hold the key to healing scarred livers. In a new study, researchers have found that its active compound, lawsone, may stop and even reverse liver fibrosis.
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Oct 29, 2025
It may never reach the iconic heights of the Volkswagen California or Ford Nugget, but it's hard to think of a single vehicle that better embodies the bold, free spirit of off-road tiny van life than the Mitsubishi Delica. With its compact mini-camper dimensions, classic single-box shape, and history
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Oct 29, 2025
It may never reach the iconic heights of the Volkswagen California or Ford Nugget, but it's hard to think of a single vehicle that better embodies the bold, free spirit of off-road tiny van life than the Mitsubishi Delica. With its compact mini-camper dimensions, classic single-box shape, and history
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Oct 29, 2025
This month marks 80 years since one of the most influential yet underrated inventions burst onto the market in New York on October 29, 1945. The Biro may seem unremarkable, but it fast became part of our everyday lives and revolutionized communications.
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Oct 29, 2025
Thinking about printing your own custom apparel? I put the Procolored F13 DTF printer, oven, and press package through its paces to see if it's worth your hard-earned cash - or just another overpriced hobby trap.
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Around The Home,
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Oct 29, 2025
Thinking about printing your own custom apparel? I put the Procolored F13 DTF printer, oven, and press package through its paces to see if it's worth your hard-earned cash - or just another overpriced hobby trap.
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Around The Home,
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Oct 29, 2025
Thinking about printing your own custom apparel? I put the Procolored F13 DTF printer, oven, and press package through its paces to see if it's worth your hard-earned cash - or just another overpriced hobby trap.
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Around The Home,
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Oct 29, 2025
Sitting has often been referred to as the new smoking thanks to its negative health benefits. For the first time ever, according to researchers in England, the flavanols in cocoa have been fo
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Oct 29, 2025
Tucking in behind a heavy truck as it crawls along the highway could soon be quite an attractive option for EV drivers. Early results from a wireless charging pilot in France sho
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Oct 29, 2025
A surprising trigger for hair regrowth may lie in the body's fat cells. Researchers have shown that mild skin irritation can trigger fat cells to go into panic mode, sending signals to dormant follicles that can fuel new hair growth within weeks.
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Oct 29, 2025
Texas-based Janta Power has just snagged US$5.5 million in a round of seed funding to continue the deployment of its pivoting solar power towers. The vertical design and smart tracking functions of the towers offer big improvements over flat panel arrays.
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Energy, Te
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