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Cool idea: Blimps lifting quantum data centers to the stratosphere
November 28, 2025
| Michael Franco
In a proposal that reads more like the script to a new sci-fi movie, researchers are suggesting a unique way to tackle one of the core problems of quantum computing. If deployed, it would redefine how we think of "cloud computing."
The 'blue dogs' of Chornobyl reveal a stranger, richer world than imagined
November 27, 2025
| Bronwyn Thompson
Inside 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.
Tiny titanium phone stand puts 12 EDC tools on your keyring
November 28, 2025
| Abhimanyu Ghoshal
The AceStand 2.0 combines a pocket-sized phone stand with 11 other handy tools into a rugged grade 5 titanium frame. It's a compelling upgrade to any EDC loadout.
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November 28, 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 28, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonWe'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 who had searched for a decade to confirm its existence.
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November 28, 2025 | Adam WilliamsFollowing construction restarting earlier 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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November 28, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonYou 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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November 27, 2025 | Loz BlainAs 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, 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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