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​Scientists observing the rift in the Larsen C Ice Shelf in West Antarctica have reported dramatic cracking over the past week. The rift has grown 11 miles (17 km) over the last seven days, bringing it to within 8 mi (13 km) of breaking off and producing one of the largest ever recorded icebergs.

The 2017 Paris Air Show begins two weeks from now, bringing a rash of new announcements at the bleeding edge of commercial aerospace. Foremost among them this year is a very credible, two-seat flying car.

Commercial delivery drones are already taking flight, but before the system really gets off the ground, there are plenty of big-picture details to sort out. Now, Amazon has outlined plans to pack parachutes into shipping labels, so packages can be safely dropped as the drone buzzes by.

Following their work on Google's new Mountain View headquarters, BIG and Heatherwick Studio have joined forces once again to collaborate on another office for the tech giant, this time in King's Cross, London. Assuming all goes well, construction is expected to begin in 2018.

Airbus' already luxe, spacious ACJ319neo corporate jet has improved that much more with help from Pagani. Imagine yourself cruising high above the congested earth below, sipping champagne and letting your eyes wander between the flat-panel TV and views of the blue sky above.

Engineers from Delft University of Technology have this week unveiled Europe's first test track for the Hyperloop transport system. Located on campus, the facility will allow the team to test out their system at low speeds as they eye a full-scale route between two cities in the coming years.

Mecum's two-day Las Vegas motorcycle sale this weekend offered an opportunity to take the pulse of the marketplace. A weak market meant many anticipated top-sellers didn't and ​most bikes went for very reasonable prices.​ We have included "no sales" to show what's exciting and still available.

At the heart of many of today's 3D printers is a stationary print bed, meaning if you want to print a really, really long object like hollow tubing, it would likely take several print runs and some glue. The BlackBelt replaces the print bed with a conveyor belt, which allows for continuous printing.

The brain circuitry involved in falling in love is still being untangled, but neuroscientists have found the regions in brains of prairie voles responsible for pair bonding​. By stimulating those areas they have been able to encourage the formation of such bonds.

To help Sailors and Marines avoid mines when executing amphibious assaults, the US Navy is testing an aerial drone platform that can locate and identify land mines in real time.

​​Although there are now plenty of options for mounting your smartphone on your bike or scooter's handlebars, accessing the functions of that phone while riding can still be a fiddly business. Sweden's LIVI Technology has set out to make things more user-friendly, with its GObyLIVI system.​

Carl Sagan is best known as a science popularizer, but he was also a pioneer in the early US space program, a planetary scientist, astrobiologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and social activist. Now a major archive of his work preserved by his assistant Shirley Arden is up for auction.