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Tea or coffee: One leaves a stronger imprint on your bones
December 28, 2025
| Pranjal Malewar
Tea and coffee are two of the most popular drinks in the world – daily rituals that are linked to culture, comfort, and productivity. Now scientists have new insights into how each affects bone health, especially the risk of osteoporosis.
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.
Why the way we blink goes much deeper than our eyes
December 28, 2025
| Pranjal Malewar
Blinking isn’t just about keeping eyes moist. New research suggests we blink less when listening becomes hard, with each pause reflecting increased focus. The findings hint that blinking may track how hard our brains are working to listen among noise.
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December 28, 2025 | Adam WilliamsThe past 12 months have produced a remarkable number of buildings that push architecture to new heights. From a megatall skyscraper to the world's longest suspension bridge, here's our pick of the year's most ambitious architecture projects.
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December 28, 2025If you can’t start the new year with a new computer, do the next best thing. Get this Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows lifetime license, on sale now for just $34.97 (reg. $219.99).
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December 28, 2025 | Utkarsh SoodThe time is finally here. Nearly 3 years after Buell’s most ambitious motorcycle was first revealed, the Super Cruiser is now EPA and CARB certified. Meaning deliveries for the motorcycle have finally begun in America.
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December 28, 2025 | Joe SalasReal photos. Real ship. Real location. What's not real is confirmation that it's an operational weapons platform. History shows why blurring civilian and military lines is dangerous.
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December 28, 2025 | Malcolm AzaniaHuman-woven "beaver dams" do more than store water. They help waterways recover from climate alteration, lower water temperatures, enhance flood plain connections prevent wildfire spread, and generate increased biodiversity.
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December 28, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonIn the South China Sea, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way to a near vertical shaft of vast darkness – an ocean sinkhole almost entirely devoid of oxygen and, in turn, marine life as we know it.
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December 28, 2025 | Adam WilliamsAs the year nears its end, it's time to take a look at the best tiny houses of 2025. From high-end spacious models, to those modest in both size and cost, here's a look at our favorite tiny houses featured over the last 12 months.
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December 27, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonHigh on sheer cliffs in China, ancient coffins are wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet above the ground. These dramatic burials, now re-examined using ancient DNA, point to a broader practice where disparate cultures all had their own "sky graves."
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December 27, 2025 | Utkarsh SoodFour years ago, when the RA9 concept was first introduced by the Chinese-origin Cyclone, a part of the bigger Zongshen group, it became one of the most advanced bikes to come out of China. That’s because in 2021, the idea of a liter-class Chinese bike was still fairly unexplored.
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December 27, 2025 | Ben CoxworthIn order to 3D-print really intricate items, you need a really fine print nozzle. Scientists have discovered that instead of going to the time and trouble of building one, you can simply repurpose a mosquito's existing blood-sucking proboscis.
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