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We all know that lowering "bad” cholesterol levels can help reduce our risk of heart disease. But is there any benefit to having very low levels of cholesterol? According to new research, the answer is a resounding "yes."

We're not sure 2016 quite matched the sheer off-road weirdness of 2015, and its nomadic minivans and recreational tanks, but it definitely brought a vast variety of off-road vehicles for all tastes and types. From 6x6 trucks to flying ATVs, here are the best new off-road vehicles.

We've seen some fascinating movies and TV shows dive into the realms of sci-fi and speculative fiction this year. Here's our pick of those that got us thinking about how we inhabit this technologically dominated world – and what the future might hold.

Until early October, Oculus hadn't announced any plans to match the HTC Vive's​ mesmerizing room-scale mode of virtual reality. Today Oculus Rift​ owners finally have that option, along with 360° tracking. We took the setup for a spin.

In our rush to accept multicopter drones into our world, have we forgotten the advantages of the humble helicopter? One Canadian company says its single top rotor helicopter drones are as stable and easy to fly as a multicopter, but with several key advantages.

Chromebooks – low-priced, Wi-Fi-dependent, long-lasting laptops that run on Chrome OS – make more sense than ever. They lend themselves to both student and professional use and offer easy access to cloud-based media and documents. Here's a close comparison of our top picks.

​With a Google Home speaker, users can ask questions of the all-knowing search engine or direct music and video to connected devices with their voice. Now Sony has announced that some of its speakers and TVs will be able to join that network, allowing them to play media and be controlled via speech.

The question of how to track and locate first responders in an involved structure that blocks radio signals has long frustrated firefighters. Could a NASA electromagnetic tracker help them rescue lives without risking theirs​?

Join us as we take a look at the 10 best buildings we've reported on in 2016, including ​the world's second-tallest skyscraper, an out-of-this-world opera house, the world's first 3D-printed office, and floating student housing.

VFL Wolfsburg is to become the first German soccer team to have LED pitch lighting installed at its stadium. Philips, which is providing the lighting, says it will deliver a better quality of light at the Volkswagen Arena, allowing for improved TV coverage of games.

​Matter’s mysterious twin, antimatter, has become slightly less mysterious, thanks to new research at the CERN particle physics lab. Scientists have measured the optical spectrum of antihydrogen for the first time to check if antimatter behaves as predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics.

Gulfstream Aerospace's long-cabin, twin-engine G600 business jet has taken to the air for the first time, kicking off its flight-test program. It took off on December 17 at 1:50 pm EST from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, Georgia and was in the air for two hours and 53 minutes.