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Nov 28, 2025
We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life underground, in the end this slider skink was no match for scientists
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Nov 28, 2025
Following a report at the start of this year, more details have been revealed on what is arguably the world's most ambitious architecture project: the mind-bogglingly tall JEC Tower, which is currently rising in Saudi Arabia.
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Architecture, Technology
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Nov 28, 2025
You may be sitting on - so to speak - a very valuable asset that scientists would love to get their hands on: your poop. As well as blood, plasma and organs, you can now donate fecal samples to stool banks for research and use in transplants.
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Bio
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Nov 28, 2025
Peak wildfire season may be over in California, but home-threatening fires remain a year-round threat in many areas, and this innovative three-part kit offers homeowners some new and easy ways to give houses a fighting chance.
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Nov 28, 2025
On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly known as Chernobyl) nuclear plant, thousands of animals now roam freely through forests, abandoned towns and decaying industrial estates. Among them are the stray dogs - around 900 descendants of the pets left behind, now living i
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Nov 27, 2025
I've been an enthusiast cook for 40 years, and I have gathered some nice knives and cookware. But I've never much cared what stove I was using - beyond a general preference for gas or induction.
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Around
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Nov 27, 2025
Earth's earliest life left behind very
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Nov 27, 2025
Nobody wants harmful bacteria colonizing the surfaces of objects such as medical implants, yet we also don't want them building up a resistance to antibiotics. Well, help may be on the way, in the form of tiny metal structures that kill the microbes by poking holes
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Nov 27, 2025
We've recently seen a bunch of E Ink smartphones released for eye-friendly productivity on the go. But what if you don't want to give up your handset, yet would like an ePaper assistant on tap? That's where the Reetle SmartInk I comes in.
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Mobile Technology,
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Nov 27, 2025
This recently completed tiny house squeezes a lot of living space into a compact footprint using clever design. Named Tiny House Into the Woods, the upstairs features an unusual layout that includes a large netted area, whi
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Nov 26, 2025
In a world first, two airports have done away with border guards at counters checking passports and arrival cards, in favor of a new AI-integrated biometric system that lets passengers skip the queue and pass through immigration without stopping.
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Nov 26, 2025
The LEO Solo is now available for preorder, pitched as a Part 103-friendly (no pilot license required), single-seat personal eVTOL. It's apparently going to production in late 2025, which according to our watches is about right now.
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Nov 26, 2025
The LEO Solo is now available for preorder, pitched as a Part 103-friendly (no pilot license required), single-seat personal eVTOL. It's apparently going to production in late 2025, which according to our watches is about right now.
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Nov 26, 2025
Through its Tactical Technology Office (TTO), DARPA wants to move drones to the next level with its Lift Challenge - a US$6.5-million competition aimed at creating small drones capable of lifting payloads four times their weight.
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Nov 26, 2025
Terrified of bloodwork, needles, and clinic bills? Science is getting closer and closer to collecting our health data in fast, affordable, and pain-free ways - the latest example being a cup sticker that measures vitamin C levels
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Nov 26, 2025
Terrified of bloodwork, needles, and clinic bills? Science is getting closer and closer to collecting our health data in fast, affordable, and pain-free ways - the latest example being a cup sticker that measures vitamin C levels
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Nov 26, 2025
What we think of as polyester fabric is most often actually a blend of polyester and cotton, which has proven very difficult to recycle. A new solvent, however, breaks the blend down into its two components, leaving both almost completely reusable.
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Nov 26, 2025
Former Huawei subsidiary Honor is primarily known for its phones and wearables, but is now planning to ride the wave of smart projectors with a compact gimbal-packing, AI-powered 1080p model that comes with a stylus for doodling on wall or screen.
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Nov 26, 2025
French tiny houses are typically very compact, making them a serious challenge for families to fit everything in. However, this model features an extra-wide layout, providing generously proportioned living space inside and making downsizing easier for a small family.
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Nov 26, 2025
Hyundai's luxury brand, Genesis, is turning things up to 11 with a focus on performance in the form of the new Magma lineup. That includes the 609hp GV60 Magma electric SUV with a rear wing and a Boost button that looks a
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Nov 26, 2025
Black Friday has always been the most anticipated moment for riders seeking top-tier e-bikes at breakthrough prices. This year, Kingbull is not just participating—we are redefining what a true Black Friday sale should look like. With aggressive price cuts, expanded service support, and a refined lineup of high-performance fat-tire e-bikes, Kingbull's 2025 Black Friday Event is built to deliver extraordinary value for new riders, seasoned commuters, adventure enthusiasts, and anyone upgradi
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Nov 25, 2025
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how fat cells grow in size, in response to accommodating larger droplets of fat. The findings unlock a new path in tackling obesity, by reducing the amount of fat our cells can store away.
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Nov 25, 2025
We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But in Kenya's Lake Turkana Rift, researchers recently found that as surface water levels dropped roughly 100 to 150 meters (328 to 492 ft), fault activity accelerated and increased magma flux. The discovery reshapes long-held assumptions about what drives tectonic change. If lake-level fluctuations can st
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Nov 25, 2025
DARPA's X-65, that replaces conventional aircraft flight controls with puffs of air, is coming together at Boeing subsidiary Aurora's Bridgeport, West Virginia facility. The fuselage is taking shape and awaits its radical wing design.
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Aircraft, Transport
DARPA,
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Nov 25, 2025
Although we've heard a lot about how 3D-printing concrete homes speeds up the construction process, you still have to wait up to 28 days for the concrete to sufficiently cu
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Nov 25, 2025
In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, was found to extend into our early 30s.
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Nov 25, 2025
If you're a loose leaf tea connoisseur who favors the plunger pot method of tea extraction but detests keeping an eye on the steeping time, the REEDesigned automatic teapot may be the solution to your pressing first cup of the day problem. With a patented mechanical timer system, under- or over-steeping is avoidable, resulting in a perfect cup.
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Nov 25, 2025
A new residential skyscraper has set a North American record, becoming the tallest building in Canada - and it's not even finished yet. Named the Pinnacle SkyTower, it will rise to an impressive supertall height of 351.85 m (1,154 ft) in Toronto once complete.
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Nov 24, 2025
Scientists have failed to show that weight-loss wonder drug semaglutide slows the progress of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as two-year clinical trials end in disappointment for patients, medical scientists and drugmaker Novo Nordisk.
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Nov 24, 2025
Scientists have failed to show that weight-loss wonder drug semaglutide slows the progress of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as two-year clinical trials end in disappointment for patients, medical scientists and drugmaker Novo Nordisk.
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Nov 24, 2025
Boeing has suffered another setback after NASA renegotiated its agreement with the company. Under the new contract, on its next flight o the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's Starliner capsule will carry only cargo and no crew.
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Space,
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Nov 24, 2025
Scientists have made history with a device that successfully eavesdrops on the neuronal chatter between the brain and the gut, furthering our understanding of its intrinsic interconnectedness - and how it drives health and disease throughout the body.
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Nov 24, 2025
Earlier this year, Washington-based Mammoth Overland introduced a hard-sided prototype rooftop tent it refused to call a tent. Now that it's officially launched the production version, it's sticking with that anti-tent branding in calling it a rooftop camper. That's because the miniature SKL shelter doesn't have a shred of tent canvas, relying instead on aircraft-grade aluminum to create a fast-pitching cabin that battles winter with an uprated insulation pack
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Nov 24, 2025
Earlier this year, Washington-based Mammoth Overland introduced a hard-sided prototype rooftop tent it refused to call a tent. Now that it's officially launched the production version, it's sticking with that anti-tent branding in calling it a rooftop camper. That's because the miniature SKL shelter doesn't have a shred of tent canvas, relying instead on aircraft-grade aluminum to create a fast-pitching cabin that battles winter with an uprated insulation pack
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Nov 24, 2025
When I came across this solar-powered bike, I wondered which bikemaker could be behind it. Someone well-established like Honda or Verge? Or perhaps an innovative yet frugal Chinese brand? Well, it turns out, none of them. This ingenious breakthro
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Nov 24, 2025
Imagine having your own fitness coach available at any moment, who won't charge you $100 an hour. This might now become a reality! BodyPark, a Hong Kong-based company that develops AI-powered fitness technology, has unveiled its minimalistic AI-fitness device, Atom, on Kickstarter - and if it reaches the market, we'll be left with far fewer excuses not to work out
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Nov 24, 2025
Few of us actually want to work, but if you're going to have to do it anyway, this novel office at least lets you park your workplace in your backyard - or even take it on the road and find somewhere with a nice view.
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Tiny Houses, Outdoors
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Nov 23, 2025
As it heads out of the solar system never to return, the deep space probe Voyager 1 is headed for yet another cosmic milestone. In late 2026, it will become the first spacecraft to travel so far that a radio signal from Earth takes 24 hours, or one light day, to reach it.
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Space, Sc
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Nov 23, 2025
Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone strength in diseases such as osteoporosis.
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Nov 23, 2025
When the Next-Gen Iron humanoid was unveiled to the public earlier this month, strutting fluidly down the runway before a gobsmacked audience, it made headlines - but not for the reasons its creators at Xpeng had hoped. The robot moved so uncannily like a human that people were convinced there was someone inside controling it.
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Nov 23, 2025
What if you could draw energy from the night sky without effort? That's the question that researchers at the University of California, Davis are trying to answer with a new engine that generates power simply by sitting under the clear starry heavens.
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Energy, Technology
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Nov 23, 2025
When talking to tiny house owners, one of the major pain points with embracing a life on wheels is storage - or the lack of it. Decathlon Tiny Homes' New Chapter model tackles this issue with a storage-packed interior layout that's well-suited to full-time small living.
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Nov 23, 2025
Helmet tech has been advancing rather quickly of late. We've seen helmets that promise 100% blind-spot elimination, others that filter the air you breathe in, and even the likes of Sena and Cardo jumping in with their respective "smart" helmets.
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Nov 23, 2025
Scientists have discovered why males get dental disease more frequently and with greater severity than females, pinpointing the specific inflammation driving it. This could help treat gum and tooth decay in both sexes through different interventions.
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Nov 23, 2025
Scientists have discovered why males get dental disease more frequently and with greater severity than females, pinpointing the specific inflammation driving it. This could help treat gum and tooth decay in both sexes through different interventions.
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Nov 23, 2025
Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell growth, development, and proper connectivity. This environment is carefully structured and carries signals that guide how cells behave and interact.
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Nov 23, 2025
Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell growth, development, and proper connectivity. This environment is carefully structured and carries signals that guide how cells behave and interact.
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Nov 22, 2025
Just outside the dense urban fabric of Wuhan, China, a cluster of cabins has appeared amongst the tall dawn redwood forest. Dubbed Secret Camp, the project is part of the Merryda Wiki World retreat, featuring compact dwellings that sit quietly within the serene natural setting.
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Nov 22, 2025
Joby Aviation's latest iteration of its autonomous all-electric S4 air taxi VTOL aircraft has made its maiden flight. The new variant aimed at the defense market boasts a turbine-electric hybrid powertrain for greater range and endurance.
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Nov 22, 2025
What Toyota has done with the 2025 4Runner is evolutionary and well-considered. The new 4Runner sits on the TNGA-F body-on-frame architecture (shared with the Tacoma and Tundra), and that underpins much of what's compelling (and contentious) about this generation. I drove both the Limited
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Nov 22, 2025
In a Phase 3 trial of more than 18,000 volunteers across three countries, an mRNA influenza vaccine from Pfizer has outperformed standard seasonal flu shots by 34.5%. It's yet another sign that this biotechnology is here to stay.
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Nov 22, 2025
In a Phase 3 trial of more than 18,000 volunteers across three countries, an mRNA influenza vaccine from Pfizer has outperformed standard seasonal flu shots by 34.5%. It's yet another sign that this biotechnology is here to stay.
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Nov 22, 2025
Five is a very unusual number of cylinders for a motorcycle engine, and the most familiar examples graced track-only prototypes that brought world championships in two eras to Honda. If storied Italian brand MV Agusta wanted to focus public attention firmly on hopes for the future, announcing that a five-pot engine would propel a
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Nov 22, 2025
Allow me to preface the title: Longshot Space wants to build a 6-mile-long (10-km) space cannon to shoot several-ton objects into low Earth orbit (LEO). The company has already built a working proof of concept.
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Nov 22, 2025
MIT researchers have found a way to use the mechanical vibrations of sound waves to shake water molecules free from a storage medium. The breakthrough significantly speeds up the process of harvesting drinking water from thin air.
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Tech
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Nov 22, 2025
When Verge debuted with its first hubless electric motorcycle in 2022, it created a new visual aesthetic for motorcycles. Now, almost 4 years later, the Finnish-Estonian company is still going strong, upgrading its best-selling electric motorcycle with a bunch of appreciable upgrades.
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Nov 21, 2025
It's a well-known fact that if you're trying to cool your mouth after eating spicy food, you should drink milk, not water. Bearing that fact in mind, scientists have developed an "artificial tongue" that measures food spiciness using a milk protein.
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Nov 21, 2025
Regardless of how you feel about electric two-wheelers, you can't argue about one thing: the innovation at hand. From hubless wheels to 3D-printed tech, or scooter-motorcycle
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Nov 21, 2025
Photographing the deep sky at night can be a complicated business involving specialist knowledge, expensive and bulky equipment and a good deal of patience. DwarfLab's book-sized smart telescopes have removed many pain points over the years, but the company has gone lightweight as well as compact and portable for its latest design.
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Nov 21, 2025
I love when automakers let their designers go hog wi
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Nov 21, 2025
If you've struggled to get a ratchet to work in a tight space, you'll appreciate a new take on the tool from Titaner. The palm-sized tool engages each sprocket with just a tiny turn and has multiple configurations for maximum situational adaptability.
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Nov 21, 2025
Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) - which nearly all of us carry for life - is directly responsible for hijacking our immune system's cells to cause lupus, a chronic disease that affects u
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Nov 21, 2025
US brain-computer-interface startup Paradromics is quickly establishing itself as a major player in the neural-device space, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) green-lighting a human trial to test its ability in restoring speech in people with paralysis.
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Nov 21, 2025
Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) - which nearly all of us carry for life - is directly responsible for hijacking our immune system's cells to cause lupus, a chronic disease that affects u
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Nov 20, 2025
Star Catcher Industries has set a new record for beaming power at a distance. Its Star Catcher Network technology beamed 1.1 kW of power at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida using off-the-shelf solar panel components.
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Nov 20, 2025
Blending ancient land-shaping traditions with cutting-edge fabrication, a new project called TreeSoil is reimagining how architecture can support vulnerable environments. Conceived through a partnership between two research groups, the Technion Institute's Material Topology Research Lab (MTRL) and the Tree Lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, the project proposes a small but radical idea: build structures not for people,
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Nov 20, 2025
Narwal's flagship self-cleaning wet/dry robot vacuum is on sale for Black Friday. We've spent several months with the Narwal Flow, and while it doesn't offer any spectacular party tricks, it's the smartest, best-performing robovac we've seen.
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Around The Home,
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Nov 20, 2025
Though the world's smallest Laser TV took most of the CES 2025 spotlight, JMGO did have other models on display - including an early look at a new N series. Now it seems that the first N3 tri-laser model has soft launched.
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Home Entertain
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Nov 20, 2025
If New York is the city that never sleeps, Dubai is the city that never stops building. This latest example of its constantly changing skyline, by Zaha Hadid Architects, consists of a residential skyscraper with a striking exoskeleton design inspired by traditional
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Nov 19, 2025
As our evolution slows and industrialization and technology accelerates, a growing body of research suggests that human biology is struggling to keep pace. Many of the chronic stress-related health issues we face today aren't personal failings or modern inconveniences - they're the predictable result of forcing Stone Age physiology into a world it was never built for.
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Nov 19, 2025
Scamp might not be as celebrated in modern circles as Airstream, but it is a similarly iconic camping trailer brand with deep history. Its roots dig all the way back to the market's original fiberglass camper icon, and much of its modern lineup looks virtually unchanged from those classic fiberglass pods of the 1960s and 70s. This month, though, the Scamp family flashes a new look with the Scamp X, a ruggedized, all-terrain design that updates the iconic egg trailer for modern d
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Nov 19, 2025
Scamp might not be as celebrated in modern circles as Airstream, but it is a similarly iconic camping trailer brand with deep history. Its roots dig all the way back to the market's original fiberglass camper icon, and much of its modern lineup looks virtually unchanged from those classic fiberglass pods of the 1960s and 70s. This month, though, the Scamp family flashes a new look with the Scamp X, a ruggedized, all-terrain design that updates the iconic egg trailer for modern d
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Nov 19, 2025
Scamp might not be as celebrated in modern circles as Airstream, but it is a similarly iconic camping trailer brand with deep history. Its roots dig all the way back to the market's original fiberglass camper icon, and much of its modern lineup looks virtually unchanged from those classic fiberglass pods of the 1960s and 70s. This month, though, the Scamp family flashes a new look with the Scamp X, a ruggedized, all-terrain design that updates the iconic egg trailer for modern d
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Nov 19, 2025
We already know how watching other people's lives on social media can negatively affect our self-esteem and satisfaction with our own lives. Apparently, using apps to track your own calories or fitness activities can have a similar effect. The latest research from scientists at University College London (UCL) and Loughborough University sugges
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Nov 19, 2025
Where there's an uncomfortable athlete, there's room for a wild, high-tech solution. At least that seems to be Nike's strategy of late, resulting in such contrivances as robo-shoes and active-breathing jackets. The all-new Lava Loft Down Jacket is a little less animated, but it still uses a rather unconventional solution to solve a c
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Nov 19, 2025
Where there's an uncomfortable athlete, there's room for a wild, high-tech solution. At least that seems to be Nike's strategy of late, resulting in such contrivances as robo-shoes and active-breathing jackets. The all-new Lava Loft Down Jacket is a little less animated, but it still uses a rather unconventiona
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Nov 19, 2025
Where there's an uncomfortable athlete, there's room for a wild, high-tech solution. At least that seems to be Nike's strategy of late, resulting in such contrivances as robo-shoes and active-breathing jackets. The all-new Lava Loft Down Jacket is a little less animated, but it still uses a rather unconventional solution to solve
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Nov 19, 2025
Where there's an uncomfortable athlete, there's room for a wild, high-tech solution. At least that seems to be Nike's strategy of late, resulting in such contrivances as robo-shoes and active-breathing jackets. The all-new Lava Loft Down Jacket is a little less animated, but it still uses a rather unconventional solution to solve
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Nov 19, 2025
Yes, it looks like a 12-gauge shotgun shell, and yes, that is a bit of a gimmick. That said, the Node-1 is actually a pretty clever tool, as it packs multiple interchangeable functions into a single modular form factor.
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Outdoors
Kickstarter,
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Nov 19, 2025
Yes, it looks like a 12-gauge shotgun shell, and yes, that is a bit of a gimmick. That said, the Node-1 is actually a pretty clever tool, as it packs multiple interchangeable functions into a single modular form factor.
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Outdoors
Kickstarter,
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Nov 19, 2025
Yes, it looks like a 12-gauge shotgun shell, and yes, that is a bit of a gimmick. That said, the Node-1 is actually a pretty clever tool, as it packs multiple interchangeable functions into a single modular form factor.
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Outdoors
Kickstarter,
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Nov 19, 2025
Yes, it looks like a 12-gauge shotgun shell, and yes, that is a bit of a gimmick. That said, the Node-1 is actually a pretty clever tool, as it packs multiple interchangeable functions into a single modular form factor.
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Outdoors
Kickstarter,
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Nov 19, 2025
Yes, it looks like a 12-gauge shotgun shell, and yes, that is a bit of a gimmick. That said, the Node-1 is actually a pretty clever tool, as it packs multiple interchangeable functions into a single modular form factor.
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Outdoors
Kickstarter,
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Nov 19, 2025
Are you one of those coffee/tea consumers who loathe washing your drink containers so much that a) you leave them piled up to get moldy, and b) in a reverse sustainability move, you purchase new ones because of the hassle of not being able to clean every stained crevice?
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Nov 19, 2025
This charming tiny house takes design cues from traditional cabins to deliver a rustic small living experience. Named the Nature Pod, it features generous glazing and lots of options including an off-grid setup, and it starts at just €14,380 (roughly US$16,600).
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Tiny Houses,
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Nov 19, 2025
Divers may soon be able to get a welcome boost to their flutter kicks thanks to an exoskeleton developed by researchers at Peking University (PU). By shouldering some of the burden of underwater swimming, the device could also make scuba tanks last longer.
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