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Plant-based microbeads made from everyday ingredients like green tea and seaweed have helped mice shed weight by trapping fats in the gut. Researchers see these microbeads as a potential “structured, drug-free therapy” to treat obesity.

Scientists have implicated a gut byproduct from meat and other animal foods in the growth of deadly abdominal aortic aneurysms. Often symptomless, as it develops, a ruptured aneurysm has a mortality rate above 80%. And currently, treatment is limited.

In an impressive engineering accomplishment, one of Sweden's most important churches has been painstakingly moved to make way for a mine expansion. The church was jacked up and placed on wheels and then relocated 3 miles to another part of town.

Robots can already flip burgers, build cars, and perform surgery ... but we keep making them dance. Here's a little "evolution of robot dance" over the last 25 years or so.

Designed with winter road tripping in mind, the new Ford Nugget High Roof is a versatile year-round mini-adventure machine. While priced above an equivalent Nugget pop-top, the High Roof still rolls to market at under €85,500 (US$100,000).

A decades-old scientific controversy and a small bench-top apparatus at the University of British Columbia (UBC) could be the key to more efficient fusion reactors by increasing the chances of a nuclear reaction occurring.

Waterskiing, knee boarding, and wake surfing (aka wakeboarding) are popular water-sports. MasterCraft boats can do all three, but specialize in wake surfing. I travelled to Casper, Wyoming to try wakeboarding and a MasterCraft X24 for myself.

As axial-flux electric motors gain ground in the auto market, they're making inroads with boats. The new EPT Falcon is among the most powerful e-outboards, and it's lighter than the competition. It also has a slick steering trick hiding in the water.

Astronomers have discovered a new celestial object in the galaxy NGS 4945 about 12 million light-years away. Its light is polarized at an almost impossible level that hints at a perfectly aligned magnetic field. The object has been nicknamed "Punctum".

The Cabana tiny house squeezes a lot of house into a length of just 20 feet (6 m). Despite its compact dimensions, it includes two bedrooms, plus a flexible room that can be used as an office or a third bedroom.