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Fancy driving an off-roader guided by its own remote drone flying ahead to recce the terrain and relay images back to your dashboard screen?Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: GM, GMC

Kovi Rose, University of Sydney/ The ConversationContinue ReadingCategory: Astronomy, ScienceTags: pulsar, Stars, Radio Waves,

Small camping trailers are great for a lot of reasons. They're easier to tow and maneuver than large trailers. They're compatible with a large variety of vehicles, likely including the everyday driver parked in your garage. Less trailer usually means less price tag, and less money spent on gas. The list goes on, but for all those advantages, small trailers usually fall short on one highly critical spec: a bathroom. The latest ROG trailer from Encore RV solves the lack of bathroom issue in a rather bold way, and it's a much better small camper for it.

Bus-sized cephalopods reminiscent of the legendary kraken may have sat at the top of the food chain, using their smarts to hunt down prey in the oceans of the Late Cretaceous.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Octopus, Predator,

Researchers have developed a urine-based screening tool that may help identify individuals who are most likely to be diagnosed with autism later in life, opening the door to assessment and support networks.Continue ReadingCategory: ADHD & Autism, Brain Health, Body and MindTags:

As it is, a recumbent trike is something that may already get you noticed. Add tilting wheels, and it'll draw even more attention. But with its telescoping carbon-fiber-tube body, the Allroadracer TriX is sure to turn heads wherever it goes.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Trike,

You know the story. Clouds of dust and gas collapse to form stars like our Sun, around which the swirling maelstrom of debris slowly coalesces into a system of planets.Continue ReadingCategory: Astronomy, ScienceTags: Supermassive black hole, Planet,

Imagine putting on a VR headset and suddenly finding yourself standing between rows of tomato plants. You can walk the aisles, crouch beside a struggling seedling, and check its soil moisture and temperature in real time. That’s the idea behind a system developed by engineers at Binghamton University, State University of New York: a digital twin, or live 3D replica synchronized with real-world sensors, that links your physical greenhouse to a virtual one you can access anywhere.

Just over seven months from completing phase one of this mega-project, Chinese engineers have finished the build and switched on the world's first underwater data center (UDC) powered by offshore wind turbines. What's more, it doesn't need freshwater and cuts land use by more than 90% compared with above-ground centers.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, EngineeringTags:

Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University / The ConversationContinue ReadingCategory: Society & Community, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: PFAS, Pollution