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The sub-2 hour marathon, and the technology that made it possible
by Dr. Jaroslav Boublik
For decades, the idea of a sub-two-hour marathon occupied a near-mythical place in endurance sport. That barrier finally fell in an official race at the 2026 London Marathon on April 26th, when Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe ran 1:59:30.
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Spacious tiny house brings on the luxury for a family living small
by Stefan Ionescu
Fritz Tiny Homes' Halcyon Grand packs two bedrooms into a 400-sq-ft park model, with a naturally lit master suite, full kitchen with dishwasher, spa-like bathroom, and advanced climate control for maximum livability.
Brembo's fluid-free braking system is coming to a car near you
by Abhimanyu Ghoshal
For the past few years, Brembo has been working on a whole new way to stop a vehicle in its tracks. The company's fluid-free Sensify system is going into production, and it shouldn't be long before you can stomp the pedals on one of these in a new car.
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Pricey backpacking tent is so light & airy, it's fairly see-through
by C.C. Weiss
A year ago, we took a look at the Hyperlite Crosspeak 2 tent, an impressive cut of Dyneema that weighed just 2.1 lb but cost more than a dollar per gram. The all-new Crosspeak 1 dips well under 2 lb but still runs higher than a dollar per gram.
Morbidelli N125V: Here's what a 125cc Ducati naked moto would look like
by Utkarsh Sood
The Morbidelli N125V is a 125cc motorcycle from China dressed in Ducati-like underpinnings. No kidding – a proper liquid-cooled V-twin, a steel trellis frame, an aluminum single-sided swingarm … this might just be the coolest entry-level moto ever!
Want to make earthquake-resistant buildings? Try butterfly wings
by Malcolm Azania
Butterfly wings boast a superpower known as anisotropy, which increases a structure’s ability to absorb energy and resist impact through controlled deformation. It could massively benefit architectural innovation through light, durable design.
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Pricey backpacking tent is so light & airy, it's fairly see-through
by C.C. Weiss
A year ago, we took a look at the Hyperlite Crosspeak 2 tent, an impressive cut of Dyneema that weighed just 2.1 lb but cost more than a dollar per gram. The all-new Crosspeak 1 dips well under 2 lb but still runs higher than a dollar per gram.
Morbidelli N125V: Here's what a 125cc Ducati naked moto would look like
by Utkarsh Sood
The Morbidelli N125V is a 125cc motorcycle from China dressed in Ducati-like underpinnings. No kidding – a proper liquid-cooled V-twin, a steel trellis frame, an aluminum single-sided swingarm … this might just be the coolest entry-level moto ever!
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Pricey backpacking tent is so light & airy, it's fairly see-through
by C.C. Weiss
A year ago, we took a look at the Hyperlite Crosspeak 2 tent, an impressive cut of Dyneema that weighed just 2.1 lb but cost more than a dollar per gram. The all-new Crosspeak 1 dips well under 2 lb but still runs higher than a dollar per gram.
Morbidelli N125V: Here's what a 125cc Ducati naked moto would look like
by Utkarsh Sood
The Morbidelli N125V is a 125cc motorcycle from China dressed in Ducati-like underpinnings. No kidding – a proper liquid-cooled V-twin, a steel trellis frame, an aluminum single-sided swingarm … this might just be the coolest entry-level moto ever!
Want to make earthquake-resistant buildings? Try butterfly wings
by Malcolm Azania
Butterfly wings boast a superpower known as anisotropy, which increases a structure’s ability to absorb energy and resist impact through controlled deformation. It could massively benefit architectural innovation through light, durable design.
Audiobooks go physical in Audible’s immersive 'Story House' pop-up
by Monica J. White
Audible’s Story House pop-up in New York reimagines the bookstore as a listening-first space, combining audiobooks, immersive audio, and live events into a communal real-world experience. The bookless bookstore runs for a month.
Adaptable carbon tripod is designed to hang out wherever needed
by Shirl Leigh
When the cityscape frustrates urban photographers with uneven terrain or limited spaces, photographic gear company Silence Corner strikes back with the Viperpod – a hybrid tripod designed to hang anywhere in seconds for unencumbered solo shooting.
Earthquake 'whiplash' seen in large seismic events for the first time
by Bronwyn Thompson
Newly observed negative-phase waveforms in earthquake data has alerted scientists to a previously unrecognized feature of the "big ones" that occur when tectonic plates clash – and it may help us engineer safer structures in response to the movement.
Potatoes may have given Indigenous Andeans digestive superpowers
by Mike McRae
Our taste for bread and pasta wouldn’t be the same if not for our ability to break down starch, a talent Peru’s Andean populations have taken to the extreme by evolving a unique profile of genes.
Elsewhere
An explanation of how, according to everything we know about Einsteinian and quantum physics, the past, present and future all exist together at all times, but maybe not in a deterministic way.
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