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Review: 2026 GMC Sierra 1500 has a powertrain for everybody
27 May 2026 @ 7:37 pm
Trucks used to be pretty easy. You bought a GMC because it was nicer than the others. Powertrain choice was about what your plans were with the truck. Now it’s ... Well, still easy. It just looks complicated.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: GMC, 'Super sleeping bag' takes its name from near-indestructible micro-animal
27 May 2026 @ 6:03 pm
Graphene-X is a Hong Kong-based company that produces outdoor clothing and gear. This time around it's entering the camping market with a product called the Tardigrade Sleeping System, currently available for backing on Kickstarter.Continue ReadingCategory: OutdoorsTags: Sleeping Bags, Kickstarter, World's largest eVTOL just proved it can play nice with other flyers
27 May 2026 @ 4:06 pm
AutoFlight has completed a heterogeneous three-aircraft formation flight with the V5000 Matrix, a 5-metric-ton electric aircraft that could push eVTOL technology well beyond the urban air taxi niche.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: VTOL, Blacksheep One: $40,000 Bespoke e-moto with a patented axial flux motor
27 May 2026 @ 2:17 pm
I have to start by addressing the elephant in the room – an equivalent of $40,000 (£29,000 precisely) for an electric motorcycle might be stretching it too far for most. But then, we all know there are a select few in the world who would treat it as pocket change.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: 'Zebra striping' your drinks can cut hangovers (just not the way you'd think)
27 May 2026 @ 1:45 pm
Cathy Montgomery & Abi Rose, Liverpool John Moores University/The ConversationContinue ReadingCategory: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: hangover, Alcohol, Portable projector brings Roku TV streaming straight out of the box
27 May 2026 @ 1:01 pm
Portable projectors nothing new, but as the tech has steadily improved in recent years, they've become great tools for comfy viewing in TV-unfriendly places. Lately, we've seen a push toward smarter, more self-contained designs, including Yaber's portable projector with built-in Google TV and Aurzen's own tri-fold Zip pico projector, both of which try to cut down on the fiddly setup that usually comes with projector ownership.Continue ReadingCategory: Taiwan officially opens the world's longest single-mast bridge
27 May 2026 @ 10:03 am
This week, Taiwan cut the red ribbon on a giant infrastructure project its own construction team once deemed "impossible:" the 3,000-ft-long Danjiang Bridge.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, EngineeringTags: Nature's best aroma tells story of 100 million years of chemical warfare
27 May 2026 @ 6:56 am
The aroma of freshly cut grass is one of nature’s most recognizable and enjoyable scents, so you might be surprised to learn that it's actually the smell of chemical warfare that's been taking place right under our noses for longer than humans have walked the Earth.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: NUltra-fast asteroid rotation threatens space-mining missions
27 May 2026 @ 4:24 am
Using an instrument called HiPERCAM, is attached to the Gran Telescopio Canarias in La Palma, Spain, a team of researchers recently found that the near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB5 is rotating once every 1.542 minutes, classifying the space rock as an "ultra-fast rotator."Continue ReadingCategory: Space Systems, EngineeringTags: Asteroid Hidden space between brain cells is now a new Alzheimer’s target
27 May 2026 @ 2:24 am
One of the biggest mysteries in neuroscience is why women account for nearly two-thirds of Alzheimer’s disease cases. Now, we may be a step closer to understanding this phenomenon, with new findings that highlight an overlooked part of the brain that appears to fail as estrogen levels fall with age.Continue ReadingCategory: Brain Health, Body and MindTags: