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Dutch yacht design firm Sinot recently unveiled its 120-meter (394-ft) concept yacht during the Monaco Yacht Show 2017. Dubbed Nature, the superyacht is designed to push the boundaries of contemporary yacht design by combining a central focus around nature with luxury and innovation. Read more
Few homes come much smaller than the Tikku (which is Finnish for Stick), by architect Marco Casagrande. The off-grid dwelling has a footprint of just 2.5 x 5 m (8.2 x 16.4 ft), making it roughly the size of a standard car parking space. Read more
Airstream has built its name by crafting iconic aluminum shelled trailers, and it isn't about to deviate from a hugely popular script. The company's newest camper wears its famous silver exterior loudly and proudly, but takes a modern and minimalistic approach when it comes to the indoors. Read more
Professional carpenter and wood worker Ryan Wells has recently turned his hand to converting utility vans into smart campervans. The Seattle-based motor-home enthusiast recently converted a 2015 Ram Promaster into a multi-purpose adventure van dubbed the Ryda Van. Read more
A plate of broccoli has nothing on a bowl of pasta. But before you brush them aside, science has found yet another reason why consuming vegetables is good for us. The information is compelling enough that some people might want to add more green to their plates to help protect their guts. Read more
Nine times Holland's Nuon Solar Team have competed in the World Solar Challenge, a solar-powered endurance race across Australia, and it has now claimed the title in all but two of those events. The result was never really in doubt, with the team's Nuna 9 solar car leading from beginning to end Read more
There are a number of schemes out there intended to tackle the huge problem of ocean waste, and while none claim to be a complete solution, they do promise to help in their own ways. Among them is the Seabin, a rubbish-sucking device that is now being installed commercially for the very first time. Read more
There are stories in the stars, so they say, and the story of Kronos is a doozy. Astronomers from Princeton noticed some marked chemical differences between the star and its binary partner, Krios, and determined the most likely cause: Kronos has devoured the equivalent of 15 Earths. Read more
The fastest way to get over selfie insecurities might be to project those photos onto a giant head for all to see. Accepting your own face and flaws, and how you present yourself to the world, was the impetus for a public art installation called As We Are, by Matthew Mohr Studios. Read more
Concrete has been around for millennia, but now, engineers at ETH Zurich have developed a more efficient method for building with the material, erecting an ultra-thin, curved prototype roof that’s 5 cm (2 in) thick on average, and designed to support energy-saving systems in the building. Read more
This online personal finance course will teach you how to master your money, grow your income, reduce your debt, budget smarter, and invest like a pro. Regardless of your financial expertise or how much money you have in your bank account, this in-depth course is designed to provide you with everything you need to find financial freedom. Read more
Not many of us think about commercial vans. Yet all of us have ridden in one or may even eventually have cause to own one. These are the workhorses of the delivery world. The Metris is Mercedes' current offering and the Passenger variant is made specifically for shuttling people. Read more
For a number of years, Sennheiser's HD 650 open-back headphones have been a mid-range audiophile favorite, and now the German audio brand has announced a successor. The HD 660 S cans have lower impedance, improved the harmonic distortion and more connectivity options. Read more
Thanks to Sir Richard Branson, Hyperloop One is now Virgin Hyperloop One. The rebranding was announced by the Virgin Group founder and CEO on his blog, in which he said that the change follows an undisclosed, but substantial investment by Virgin in the US-based transportation start up. Read more
In an effort to bring the fuel consumption and emissions benefits of plug-in hybrid technologies to heavy duty vehicles in the construction industry, Chinese companies Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. (EDI) and Shannxi Automotive have teamed up to develop the world's first PHEV cement mixer truck. Read more
If you were a whale, chances are you wouldn't like someone following along above you in a motorboat. That's traditionally how researchers ascertain what types of bacteria are present in a whale's exhaled breath, though. Now, scientists have utilized a less intrusive method – they've used a drone. Read more
Can hydrogen power form part of a cleaner trucking future? Toyota is exploring the possibilities with a set of heavy haulers reconfigured to run on hydrogen fuel cells. The venture, dubbed "Project Portal," is now moving into its next phase. Read more
When you reach into your pocket and grab your keys, you can tell how they're oriented, without actually seeing them. Well, an engineering team has created a soft robotic gripper that works in much the same way. It can build virtual 3D models of objects simply by touching them. Read more
How will we be living in 10 years’ time? We’ve asked futurist Morris Miselowski to tell us his predictions about where and how we’ll be living a decade from now. Read more
It is expected to prevent 280 million cases of skin cancer in the US alone. Without it, the sun would burn skin in minutes. Yet the strides made by the Montreal Protocol in repairing our ozone layer may be undone thanks to dangerous chemicals now making their way into the upper atmosphere. Read more
A team of researchers has discovered that the norovirus bug can escape destruction by hiding in a rare type of cell found in the gut. Norovirus is the leading cause of non-bacterial gastroenteritis, which causes 267 million infections, and 200,000 deaths worldwide each year. Read more
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