Headliner
World's first consumer wing-in-ground effect aircraft takes flight
by Omar Kardoudi
Navee, a Chinese mobility brand best known for e-scooters and e-dirt bikes, just revived one of the Cold War's strangest engineering ideas, a craft called the WaveFly 5X that's half plane, half boat, and aimed it squarely at recreational riders.
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Highlights
Knives and MultitoolsGearOutdoors
Small but mighty multitool is made to bunk on belts
by Ben Coxworth
As is the case with cameras, the best multitool is the one you have on you. Following that line of thinking, the K-Smart X might just be one of the best, as it's designed to clip unobtrusively right onto your belt.
Tiny HousesOutdoors
Extra-wide tiny house drops portability for comfortable cottage living
by Adam Williams
How important is portability to you in a tiny house? If the answer is along the lines of "not very," then the Lucia might be of interest. It trades ease of movement for a more spacious and practical interior with a rustic aesthetic.
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Consumer TechTechnology
Asus brings color ePaper into the portable monitor mainstream
by Monica J. White
Asus has taken ePaper computer monitors out of the niche market and into the mainstream with a 13.3-inch color E Ink touchscreen pairing a 35-Hz refresh rate with eye-comfort features and static images that remain visible without power.
MotorcyclesTransport
First look at Norton's all-new middleweight adventure motorcycle
by Utkarsh Sood
The Atlas represents Norton's first serious attempt at entering one of motorcycling's most fiercely contested segments, and perhaps its clearest statement yet about where the reborn British marque is headed under TVS ownership.
ArchitectureEngineering
Mountaintop comms antenna reborn as dramatic cantilevered tourist tower
by Adam Williams
Positioned on a mountain over 9,800 ft above sea level, the Titlis Tower began life as a telecommunications antenna, but following an ambitious renovation the structure has been transformed into a dramatic visitor destination.
WearablesConsumer TechTechnology
Stylish pendant brings personalized UV tracking to sun protection
by Monica J. White
The90 Gem is a pendant-style wearable that tracks real-time UVA and UVB exposure, using app guidance to personalize sunscreen timing, sun habits and longer-term skin-care decisions beyond generic UV data.
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BiologyScience
We might finally now know why T. rex had such tiny arms
by Jay Kakade
The Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) is known for its bone-crushing bite, gigantic size, and famously small forelimbs. But why these large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs evolved tiny arms has long been debated.
PhysicsScience
Nuclear clock experiments set a landmark in timekeeping technology
by Mike McRae
Two research teams have independently delivered working versions of a radical new kind of timekeeping device based on the jitter of an atom’s nucleus, realizing a goal decades in the making.
BiologyScience
The paw your dog favors is a window into their brain and behavior
by Bronwyn Thompson
In what must have been some of the most enjoyable experiments ever, scientists have studied nearly 50 dogs of all shapes and sizes to find a better way of assessing paw dominance – something we believe to be a predictor of behavioral issues.
Mental HealthBrain HealthBody and Mind
Toxic weed killer's Parkinson's link may not be what it seems
by The Conversation
Paraquat is one of the world’s most widely used herbicides. It’s also highly toxic, and some research points to a link with Parkinson’s disease. But what does the evidence really say?
Elsewhere
Marketing magic: Real estate agent hires person in green suit to creep around a luxury apartment opening doors and closets for a promo video, and then releases the video with the caption: "I'm sorry, I don't know how to edit this green guy."
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