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Lotte World Tower, by Kohn Pedersen Fox, has been declared the world's best new skyscraper by Emporis during its annual Skyscraper Awards. The stunning supertall is defined by its unusual silver appearance and boasts the world's fastest elevator and the highest glass-bottomed observation deck.

The best gift of all may well be love, but surely a million dollar supercar or a lavish yacht can't be too far behind on the list. It's in this vein that each year we look back at the most excessive, exorbitant and often absurd examples of luxury living that we've stumbled across.

In a study investigating the genetic origins of acne, researchers have homed in on several genetic regions associated with the condition. Fascinatingly, many of these genetic regions are also associated with hair follicle function, highlighting a potential target mechanism for new acne treatments.

The last 12 months have been pretty fascinating in the world of motorcycles, so we've gone through the archives to bring you the best new technologies, riding gear, interviews, customs and electric motorcycles of 2018.

If you're ever likely to get lost in the woods and have about a million dollars to spare, then the Richard Mille RM 25-01 Adventure wristwatch might be up your alley. The Ramboesque timepiece boasts such survival aids as a compass, spirit level, and water purification tablet storage compartment.

NASA's Venture Class Launch Services program aims to use a new breed of smaller rockets to let CubeSats ride in luxury on their own personal, purpose-built spacecraft. The agency has now carried out its very first launch as part of this endeavor.

Although wind turbines may be a valuable source of eco-friendly energy, they do have at least one drawback – bats are frequently killed by their spinning blades. A promising new system is designed to help keep that from happening, however, by producing an ultrasonic acoustic field.

It sounds like a scene from Ant-Man, but this is very much real life: scientists at MIT have devised a super shrinking system that can produce 3D nanoscale versions of much larger, custom-made objects – reducing them to around one thousandth the size of the originals.

​The mixed reality specs scene is certainly getting interesting: Magic Leap released its developer edition glasses earlier this year, there are strong rumors that Apple is planning a launch in the next couple of years, and now we have the nReal Light glasses to look forward to in 2019.

MAD Architects has developed a unique style in recent years, with many of its projects reflecting a desire to mix architecture with nature. The Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center is in the same vein and aims to bring something of the spirit of a mountainous village to inner-city China.

When many personal accounts are compromised it is often because someone simply guessed an obvious password. In a new list of the most commonly used passwords of 2018, it's astoundingly revealed that a huge number of people still use "password" as their password.

Each year, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) conducts a review of tall building trends. The influential body offers some fascinating insights in its 2018 Year in Review, including the continued importance of China as the world leader in tall building commissions.