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A team of Australian bodyboarding ratbags has managed to capture staggering footage of an extraordinary oceanic phenomenon: a place where four 12-ft (3.7-m) waves regularly converge into an oval dip, with explosive results.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Video,

A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving the way for an entirely new approach to treating cancer.Continue ReadingCategory: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body and MindTags:

Ever fly Economy and felt like you were being tortured by the seat? It turns out that you're not being fussy, the seats really are horrible from an ergonomic point of view, which is why you're suffering. Oh, and that might be by design.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Ergonomic, Aircraft,

Hangzhou is the latest city in China to take traffic control to a new level, rolling out a new AI-powered robot police officer to direct vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection and issue polite warnings to law-breakers.Continue ReadingCategory: AI and Humanoids, TechnologyTags: Robots, Police, Traffic,

When nights stay warm, the body struggles to cool down, a key signal for drifting into deep sleep. Heat doesn't just shorten sleep; it disrupts its rhythm, sparks dehydration, and keeps the nervous system on alert.Continue ReadingCategory: Sleep, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and MindTags: Sleep,

There aren’t many cars with appeal as enduring as the original Honda NSX. Its beautiful, low-slung styling, the sheer dearth of examples you can find today, and its genuine ability to compete with European sports cars all contribute to its legend. Now, 35 years after the first-generation NSX came into being, the sports car is receiving a beautiful, and more importantly, purposeful, makeover.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, T

When you're camping, you're typically in need of a work surface, plus you're typically surrounded by trees. That's where the Kimberlite Tree Table comes in, as – that's right – it's a packable multi-use platform that you strap to a tree.Continue ReadingCategory: Gear, OutdoorsTags: Kickstarter, Camping,

Four years after Ford bravely electrified its best-selling vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup, it seemed ready to drop the model owing to slowing demand. Now, it turns out the company's got other plans. It's reengineering the flagship truck for 2026 as an extended range EV (EREV), with a gas generator in tow.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive,

It proved to be a fun year for tents. We tracked new tent designs of all styles, shapes and sizes a little more closely than we have in the past and saw a whole lot of innovation and activity. The year brought the further expansion of high-performance freestanding ultralight tents from boutique brands, the preponderance of covetable inflatable tents ranging from backpack size to multi-tent base camp size, the refinement of comfier, fuller featured rooftop tents, and the launch of a few flat-lying hammock tents designed for increased comfort and stability, from ground to air. Here's a look at ou

The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries to Mesopotamians and Egyptians, has finally been identified: a series of severe, long-lasting droughts that dried rivers across the Indus Valley more than 4,000 years ago.Continue ReadingCategory: History, ScienceTags: Archaeolo