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Oldest RNA ever found in an ancient woolly mammoth leg
December 03, 2025
| Jay Kakade
Scientists have sequenced RNA from a nearly 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth leg, the oldest ancient RNA ever recovered. These fragile molecules could reveal which genes were active in the animal’s final hours.
Bears pulled off one of evolution’s biggest rule breaks – twice
December 02, 2025
| Bronwyn Thompson
Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the rules of growth and adaptation. Scientists have now unlocked when, and how, ancient bears broke the rules and hacked nature out of need.
Exo blades beam out lasers to master terrain like adaptive suspension
December 03, 2025
| C.C. Weiss
The newest take on the performance sports exoskeleton, the Irmo M1 brings a multi-sensor AI system that automatically adjusts output based on the terrain ahead. It's like an adaptive automotive suspension, only for legs instead of wheels.
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December 03, 2025AI is supposed to be efficient, but if you’re spending too long refining your prompts, you’re missing out. To optimize the way you prompt AI, the lifetime subscription to PromptBuilder, the AI Prompt Engineer, is only $199 (MSRP $1,764).
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December 03, 2025 | Shirl LeighPaying respect to the dead can be an eco-unfriendly matter, whether opting for a wooden coffin or cremation. Instead, Loop Biotech has found a way to save forests and reduce CO2 emissions with the Loop Living Cocoon, a mushroom-based casket.
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December 03, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonThe extent of an incredible dinosaur highway has been revealed in Bolivia. More than 16,000 footprints, along with tail impressions, have been fully documented – and the scale of theropod activity alone is unlike anything that's been seen before.
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December 03, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalOkay, so you know how it absolutely sucks when you're exploring the polar icecaps and your flashlight craps out at sub-zero temperatures? Your batteries might be to blame – and the solution might be an alternative to conventional lithium-ion cells.
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December 03, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonIf you’ve ever wished your cat could tell you when something’s wrong – especially with kidneys, digestion or the bladder – the SiiPet LitterLens might be the closest thing we’ve got to that. And peace of mind comes at only US$59 in December.
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December 03, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalFour years after the A7 IV came out, Sony's given its mid-range flagship a glowup – making it a more versatile option that'll better serve your photo and video shooting needs around the US$3,000 mark.
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December 02, 2025Modern remote control (RC) snow blower technology, particularly in autonomous systems like Yarbo that use LiDAR mapping, RTK-GPS, and dual-stage clearing mechanisms, has reached a mature stage for comprehensive, hands-free winter maintenance.
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December 02, 2025 | David SzondyHypersonic vehicles aren't much use if you don't know where they're going, so Northrop Grumman is developing new navigation systems for autonomous craft that can stand up to the rigors of flying at speeds of over Mach 5.
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December 02, 2025 | David SzondyCommercial spaceflight is booming and looks to go into full-on kaboom stage in the near future, sparking the need for an ever-increasing supply of solar panels. To fill this need, Dcubed is developing its ARAQYS system to manufacture arrays in orbit.
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December 02, 2025 | Ben CoxworthAs any snowboarder knows, the board does not just float dreamily across soft, puffy snow. It bangs and it shakes and it chatters against the hard-packed slopes, which is exactly where the shock-absorbing ShredLORD is designed to come in.
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