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Prostate cancer drug combo cuts risk of death by more than 40%
October 20, 2025
| Bronwyn Thompson
A new drug combination to treat advanced recurring prostate cancer has shown remarkable results in a long-term trial, lowering the risk of death after eight years by 40.3%. What's more, the drug treatments are already FDA-approved on their own.
Mutant wheat breakthrough could triple grain yields
October 19, 2025
| Ben Coxworth
Imagine if three times as much grain could be obtained from the same amount of wheat plants as is currently possible, using the same amount of land, water and fertilizer. Well, that could soon be possible, thanks to a new genetic discovery.
First oral GLP-1 cuts cardiovascular risk by 14% – and it's now FDA-approved
October 19, 2025
| Bronwyn Thompson
The age of the GLP-1 drug has reached yet another milestone, with the US Food and Drug Administration green-lighting Novo Nordisk's once-daily oral semaglutide pill to treat people at high risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke.
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October 19, 2025Code smarter, faster, and more efficiently with Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022, now just $27.97 (MSRP $499). This full-featured 64-bit IDE empowers developers to build, debug, and collaborate seamlessly across platforms.
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October 19, 2025 | Bronwyn ThompsonBone conduction offer the freedom of listening to music while staying aware of your surroundings – and now you can take this tech underwater with Jabeees' 7Seven headphones. And, at US$79.99, they keep pace with many of their more expensive competitors.
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October 19, 2025 | C.C. WeissModern Buggy has been on an expansion warpath, and the new Ultimate Hauler 18 is part of its teardrop camper expansion ... kind of. This particular trailer blends together a proper teardrop pod and toy-hauling flatbed in a way we haven't seen before.
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October 19, 2025 | Adam WilliamsMany tiny houses nowadays are actually more like apartments on wheels. The BTH Single, by Baltic Tiny House, recalls the small living movement's minimalist roots with a compact and simple interior that measures just 193 sq ft.
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October 19, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalScientists have identified a pair of pesky enzymes responsible for prolonging prostate cancer – which means we can potentially target them for quicker and more effective treatment of a condition that affects 1.5 million men around the world annually.
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October 19, 2025With the imminent debut of the Makera Z1 on Kickstarter, the team behind some of the most advanced yet accessible CNC tools is taking another leap forward, bringing professional-grade power, intelligence, and versatility to a compact, creator-friendly machine.
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October 19, 2025 | David SzondyLockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky is blurring the line between helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft with its new Nomad family of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) that combine the versatility of a helicopter with the speed and endurance of a fixed-wing aircraft.
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October 19, 2025 | David SzondyThey're not serving sushi on the Moon – yet – but if or when they do, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and DASSAI want sake on the table. To attain this quaffable goal, the companies are sending a rice fermentation experiment to the International Space Station (ISS).
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October 19, 2025 | Bridget BorgobelloBORD Architectural Studio has created the new Sauska Tokaj Winery in Hungary. Perched lightly above the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, the 5,830-sq-m structure seems to hover over the landscape, echoing the graceful curves of the surrounding hills.
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October 19, 2025 | Utkarsh SoodYou don’t deliver seven decades of motorcycle engineering without being a fan favorite, and I can see the trend continuing for Honda's CB1000F. It’s essentially a CB1000 Hornet dressed in a sportier avatar with competent underpinnings to do it justice.
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