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Your poop could save lives – and 'stool banks' will even pay you for it
November 28, 2025
| Bronwyn Thompson
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.
A drying lake is triggering weird seismic activity deep beneath its basin
November 25, 2025
| Chelsea Haney
We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But a new discovery reshapes that long-held assumption suggesting lake-level fluctuations can stir the shallow crust influencing earthquake risk and tectonic plate movement.
Innovative wildfire protection spray hijacks your garden hose
November 27, 2025
| Loz Blain
As part of its 3-part DIY home wildfire protection kit, Safe Soss has patented an innovative spray bottle that connects to a standard garden hose to disperse a fireproofing spray that becomes a fertilizer to promote regrowth.
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November 27, 2025Titaner’s new EDC Connector goes far beyond a simple clip – it's a precision-engineered, modular quick-release ecosystem. No wonder 1,460+ backers on Kickstarter have already signed on to customize how they carry keys, tools, and daily essentials.
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November 27, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonInside the Exclusion Zone surrounding the Chornobyl nuclear plant, thousands of animals now roam freely. Among them are the stray dogs – around 900 descendants of the pets left behind, living in the shadow of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
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November 27, 2025 | Ian BakerA San Francisco start-up has reimagined the kitchen stove, building a battery-fed cooktop that will boil a pot of water in 40 seconds – and then simmer it precisely, unattended, for as long as you want.
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November 27, 2025 | Maryna HolovnovaCarlo Ratti Associati, an Italian architectural firm, has collaborated with US studio Höweler + Yoon and Italian construction company Cimolai on a new experiment. The result of their effort is a 400-sq-m (4,306-sq-ft) floating plaza – AquaPraça.
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November 27, 2025 | Pranjal MalewarUsing advanced chemistry and AI, a team of Carnegie researchers uncovered new chemical traces of Earth's earliest life in 3.3‑billion‑year‑old rocks, and evidence that oxygen‑producing photosynthesis began over 800 million years earlier than thought.
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November 27, 2025Black Friday just made upgrading your PC a no-brainer. Windows 11 Pro is on sale for $9.97, letting you transform your desktop with a faster interface, AI-powered Copilot, and Pro-level features for less than ten dollars.
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November 27, 2025 | Ben CoxworthNobody wants harmful bacteria on 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 metal structures that kill the microbes by poking holes in them.
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November 27, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalIndustrial pipes carrying water or chemicals invariably get gunked up as deposits accumulate on their internal surfaces. Researchers in Texas have found that lining pipes with lab-grown diamond film can prevent buildup like nothing else.
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November 27, 2025 | Paul RiddenWe'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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November 27, 2025From AI co-pilots to baby-view cameras and wireless upgrades, Ottocast’s AI screens, family-focused safety tools and wireless upgrades make every trip feel easier and more connected. Tech that truly understands your journey.
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