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Tesla makes the least reliable used cars… but which carmaker ranks first?
December 26, 2025
| Utkarsh Sood
Consumer Reports ranks 26 car brands from 'most' to 'least reliable' cars that are five to 10 years old – in this case, models from 2016 to 2021 from a survey sample of more than 140,000 vehicles – with Tesla ranking last.
Human-scale cardboard aircraft came surprisingly close to real flight
December 24, 2025
| Monica J. White
Could cardboard really lift a person into the air? YouTuber Peter Sripol put this idea to the test by building a sit-in cardboard airplane and pushing it to the edge of flight, showing the potential of even the humblest of materials.
Digging up the past: Important dinosaur discoveries of the year
December 25, 2025
| Bronwyn Thompson
Dinosaurs may be long extinct, but 2025 made it clear that they’re anything but settled science. New fossils, reanalyses of famous specimens and increasingly sophisticated tools have helped us learn more about how they lived, moved, fed and evolved.
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December 25, 2025Home protection should work quietly in the background until it’s needed. Siterwell’s UL-compliant smoke and CO alarms combine smart detection, reduced false alerts, and whole-home interconnection for dependable everyday safety.
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December 25, 2025 | Paul RiddenWe recently reported on an e-mobility spin-off from Rivian that launched a modular ebike that rides without a chain or belt. Pre-orders for the T-MB are now open, but Also is already looking to protect your noggin with a light-packing smart helmet.
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December 25, 2025It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the AI models on the market. 1min.AI unites dozens of them in one convenient spot. Right now, you can get a lifetime subscription to 1min.AI’s Advanced Business Plan for just $74.97 (reg. $540) through January 31.
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December 25, 2025 | Michael Franco2025 certainly saw some major health-related breakthroughs including a universal cancer vaccine. But the year was also filled with smaller findings that can still have a big impact on your day-to-day health. Here are 18 of them.
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December 24, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonIf you're chionoandrophobic, we recommend looking away now. Standing 62 ft tall, 46 ft long and 36 ft wide, 2025's largest snowman has been erected in China. The smiling icy monster required 124,000 cubic feet of snow, and has become an instant hit.
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December 24, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonFrom water-skipping robots to elephant-skin inspired cooling materials, engineers have continued to find inspiration in nature in order to move technology forward for humans. And it's set to take center-stage in the new age of robotics.
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December 24, 2025Unlock the powerful, creative power of AI on your computer with no additional fees and no cloud access required to chat, brainstorm, code, and more with Pansophy Private Personal AI, now $79, a 60% savings on the $199 MSRP.
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December 24, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalHisense has already put out a bunch of impressive projectors to suit different needs this year, and with the upcoming XR10, it's pulling out all the stops to tempt laser home cinema enthusiasts – it'll do 6,000 lumens across a 300-inch screen.
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December 24, 2025 | Shirl LeighBeginning sourdough bakers can lessen their struggles with Crustello, a Kickstarter from American AI tech company Race Box. It takes the stress out of being a helicopter parent of a sourdough starter kit, by modernizing an ancient baking method.
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December 24, 2025 | Omar KardoudiThese microscopic robots are smaller than a grain of sand. At 200 micrometers wide, they're autonomous, programmable, and cheap enough that high school students are already learning to operate them in labs.
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