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The drinking straw seems pretty simple and unassuming, but it’s contributing to one of the most pressing environmental problems today. To help cut back on that, a start-up in Singapore is getting ready to launch the Chew, a reusable straw with a “chewable” rubber tip and a spin-dry mechanism.

Commercial supersonic flight has left the drawing board with Lockheed Martin announcing fabrication of the first part of the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) test aircraft has begun at the company's famous Skunk Works, setting the project on course for its maiden flight scheduled for 2021.

New findings based on observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope put a limit on the size of the first interstellar object to be seen visiting the Solar System, but ironically it was the inability of the instrument to detect 'Oumuamua that led to the discovery.

Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) communication will form one of the pillars of the self-driving car revolution - but it could offer benefits to human drivers in the interim, like this prototype system designed to help drivers get green lights wherever they go.

Following three years of construction, Beijing's OPEN Architecture has completed a new art museum that is integrated into sand dunes. The UCCA Dune Art Museum is almost totally covered by sand and has an interior made up of cave-like spaces.

BMW unveiled the seventh generation of the 3 Series compact sedan at the Paris Motor Show earlier this year. Added to that series is a new plug-in hybrid 330e that the automaker announced this week. This PHEV includes BMW's latest eDrive Technology to enhance both efficiency and performance.

Puppy Robotics launched an interactive all-in-one projector on Indiegogo a couple of weeks ago called the puppy cube. We've had one on our review bench for the last few days, here's what we think of it.​

A new study comparing the gut microbiome of four distinct, but geographically close, Himalayan populations has revealed a fascinating insight into how dietary lifestyle can dramatically alter gut bacterial composition.

After nine years, NASA's exoplanet-hunting Kepler mission came to a final end Thursday as the space agency sent the radio commands ordering the onboard computer to shut down the unmanned space telescope's systems.

Taking one or more pills every day can be a hassle, with many people either forgetting or just not bothering. There could soon be an alternative, however. An experimental system that packs a week's worth of timed-release doses into one capsule has shown promising results in its first clinical study.

The galaxy W2246-0526 sits 12.4 billion light-years from Earth – almost the entire radius of the observable universe – and is the most luminous galaxy ever discovered, with the brightness of 350 trillion Suns. Now, astronomers have found that W2246-0526 is cannibalizing three neighboring galaxies.

​Although many motorcycle helmets do have vents that help air to flow through, it goes without saying that the slower the speed of the bike, the weaker that flow. Momodesign is offering a solution to that problem, in the form of a helmet with a built-in fan that comes on when the bike slows down.