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Polaris hybrid-electric seaplane boasts 85% better fuel efficiency
February 13, 2025
| David Szondy
A blast from aviation's past might make a splash in the future as Tidal Flight signs a Letter of Intent with Tropic Ocean Airways for 20 of the company's super-efficient hybrid-electric Polaris amphibian seaplanes worth over US$100 million.
An ancient tree revealed the tale of Earth's magnetic field reversal
February 13, 2025
| Rich Haridy
A preserved tree fossil gives an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire, triggering environmental chaos, influencing everything from an increase in cave paintings to the Neanderthal extinction.
Adding milk improves the effectiveness of oral drugs
February 13, 2025
| Paul McClure
Good old reliable milk. New research found that when it is combined with particular oral drugs, milk significantly improves their absorption by the body. It’s the latest study to show that milk is a highly effective drug-delivery vehicle.
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February 13, 2025Meet SwiftScan, the app that turns your smartphone into a portable, high-quality scanner for easy organization anywhere.
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February 13, 2025 | Michael IrvingWe know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient Egyptian mummies smell like? Whether you wanted to know or not, scientists have now given us an answer.
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February 13, 2025 | Utkarsh SoodBosch just completed testing on its new new brake-by-wire technology on public roads. Its development team traveled more than 2,050 miles (3,300 km) across several climate zones to reach the Arctic Circle in six days ... in a Nissan hatchback.
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February 13, 2025 | Ben CoxworthMethylmercury is an extremely toxic compound, and unfortunately it's often present in the fish that we eat. Scientists are now developing a method of removing it from the environment, utilizing engineered fish and flies that take up the compound and neutralize it.
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February 13, 2025 | Paul RiddenBud-style earphones can be uncomfortable for some mobile music lovers, but there are plenty of over-ear, open-ear and bone conduction designs to rock with instead. Audio-Technica offers another option that ditches the bones and aims for cartilage instead.
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February 13, 2025 | Adam WilliamsThe Lady Bird tiny house combines a colorful exterior with a well-designed interior. Despite its compact size, it fits a downstairs master bedroom and a loft, as well as a living room/home office space and a well-stocked kitchen.
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February 13, 2025 | Michael FrancoResearchers have discovered a particular type of cancer cell that relies on its own biological electric utility company to thrive. Disrupting this power plant – with the help of a puffer fish – showed a breakthrough way to fight the tumors.
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February 12, 2025 | Paul McClureA new study has confirmed that weight loss or bariatric surgery is safe and very effective, and, for a large percentage of people who were diabetic before the surgery, meant that they didn’t require diabetes medication five years after.
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February 12, 2025 | David SzondyWhat looks like an armored scout car complete with a 30-mm gun but no crew? It's Milrem Robotics' latest HAVOC 8x8 advanced hybrid-electric Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) just unveiled at IDEX 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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February 12, 2025 | Michael IrvingDark matter is thought to outnumber regular matter by a factor of five to one – so why can’t we find the stuff? A new study proposes looking for it from space, using a satellite containing a levitating piece of graphite and a laser.
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