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Ground-diving hydraulic house becomes its own survival bunker
by Maryna Holovnova
With a changing climate, wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive. Engineers from California have developed a house that can temporarily disappear underground until the danger has passed.
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RoboticsEngineering
First bird-scale robot to swim, dive, and launch back into flight
by Omar Kardoudi
Scientists have created a robotic bird that swims, dives, and rockets out of water to fly, all without propellers, legs, or folding tricks. Just clever engineering solving a problem nature already does gracefully.
MotorcyclesTransport
Boris rides the most extreme production Harley ever built
by Boris Mihailovic
In 2006, Harley-Davidson did a thing. When it did this thing, some wee came out of Boris. It came out of a few other people, too. Which was perfectly understandable, as you will come to understand.
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Tiny HousesOutdoors
XL tiny house trades portability for apartment-style comfort
by Adam Williams
With its substantial size and lack of wheels or trailer, the Evergreen XL isn't a good fit for nomads. It trades portability for a remarkably spacious interior that's closer to an apartment than a traditional tiny house.
SportsConsumer TechTechnology
Reactive digital trainer sharpens your basketball skills like no other
by Shirl Leigh
For decades, basketball training technology has relied on repetition and pre-set programming modes. Lumistar states the Carry is “the world’s first AI quad-camera movable basketball training partner” and “a break from traditional training machines.”
Around The HomeConsumer TechTechnology
Questionable life choices: Airseekers Tron review
by Joe Salas
The Airseekers Tron ... it's an odd one, for sure. There are a few things that I find irritating, but then it'll go and surprise me with some stuff it can do really well, where even "better" or "more expensive" robomowers tend to struggle.
WearablesConsumer TechTechnology
AI-spiked action headset immerses itself naturally in your world
by Maryna Holovnova
Imagine going for a bike ride with a pair of earphones that can not only play music, but record what you see, answer questions, and help you navigate the route – all hands-free. That is the idea behind Auriview’s new AI-powered headset.
Consumer TechTechnology
Impossibly tiny fan puts 30,000 RPM of instant cooling in your pocket
by Abhimanyu Ghoshal
It's getting harder and harder to outrun heatwaves around the world, so having a portable fan handy could be the move this summer. Zera's latest model promises powerful cooling in a surprisingly tiny package.
MilitaryEngineering
Watch: US makes historic drone boat strike in Iran
by David Szondy
The US has racked up another historic drone warfare first as US Central Command (CENTCOM) announces that a trio of Corsair autonomous surface boats successfully carried out a simultaneous attack against the Bandar Abbas Naval Base in Iran.
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Hobbits may have relied on dragons to hunt their prey
by Jay Kakade
Our distant relatives, Homo floresiensis, nicknamed “hobbits,” have been credited with two advanced skills: hunting small elephant relatives and controlling fire. A new study now challenges both of these famous ideas.
BiologyScienceRefractor: Science & Health
Mystery deepens over why only some people hear 'The Hum'
by Pranjal Malewar
Between 2 and 4% of the world's population report hearing a mysterious buzzing or vibration. It's called The Hum, and for decades, scientists, engineers, and ordinary people have been trying to figure out what it is.
BiologyScienceRefractor: Science & Health
Earliest animal known to have a head was also right-handed
by Mike McRae
The ancient marine creature Spriggina floundersi didn’t have hands. It barely had a head. And yet we now know it also had a dominant side of its body – an early sign of the development of behavioral handedness.
BiologyScienceRefractor: Science & Health
Stolen gene lets deep-sea creature go without food for years
by Jay Kakade
About a kilometer deep beneath the ocean surface, where sunlight disappears and food becomes scarce, lives a giant creature that can wait out starvation and survive more than five years without eating.
Infectious DiseasesIllnesses and conditionsBody and MindRefractor: Science & Health
1 in 3 have a brain parasite transmitted through cats. Should we be worried?
by The Conversation
Around one in three people worldwide have been infected with a microscopic parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause toxoplasmosis. After the initial infection, toxo settles into our muscles and brain, where it can remain for life.
Elsewhere
For the first time, a reusable space rocket has been successfully captured using a net-like system installed on a floating platform in China.
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