Cotton may be nice and soft and warm, but we're told not to wear it for sporting activities because it traps moisture, becoming wet and ultimately drawing heat away from the body. Well, scientists have created a synthetic fabric that is claimed to repel moisture while still replicating the coziness of cotton.

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Category: Materials, Engineering

Tags: American Chemical Society, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cotton, Phase change material, Hydrophobic, Heating, Aerogels

Navee – a Chinese mobility brand that's probably best known for e-scooters like the ST3 Pro and UT5 Ultra X and electric dirt bikes such as the Storm X Pro, but also has golf carts and exoskeletons in its ecosystem – just adapted one of the Cold War's strangest engineering ideas into a personal watercraft that is part aircraft, part boat. The Suzhou-based company unveiled its WaveFly 5X at Lake Taihu on June 5, calling it the world's first wing-in-ground effect (WIG) vehicle for everyday consumers.

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Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Ground Effect Vehicle, Marine Innovations, Transport, Consumers, Personal Powered Transport

Announced earlier this month at Computex, the Asus ZenScreen Color ePaper display brings a 13.3-inch color ePaper touchscreen to the portable monitor space, with eye comfort as its main draw.

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Category: Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Asus, Monitor, Screens, Display, E-Ink, ePaper, Colors

Positioned on a mountain over 3,000 m (9,840 ft) above sea level, the Titlis Tower began life as a telecommunications antenna, but following an ambitious renovation the utilitarian structure has been transformed into a dramatic visitor destination.

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Category: Architecture, Engineering

Tags: Building and Construction, Skyscrapers, Mountain, Switzerland, Herzog & De Meuron

The Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) is known for its bone-crushing bite, gigantic size, and famously small forelimbs. But why these large, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs evolved tiny arms has long been debated.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Dinosaurs, Fossils, ARM, Predator, tyrannosaurus

There’s something poetic about a British motorcycle manufacturer founded at the turn of the 20th century – one whose first “motorcycle” was a literal bicycle powered by a Belgian Clement engine – staging a comeback with thoroughly modern motorcycles and all-new powertrains.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Norton Motorcycle, British, Adventure Bikes, Touring, Yamaha, Suzuki, TVS Motor

Ian Musgrave, Adelaide University/ The Conversation

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Category: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind

Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Pollution, Brain, Poisons, toxic

In what must have been some of the most enjoyable experiments ever, scientists studied nearly 50 dogs of all shapes and sizes to assess which paw each pooch prefers – something believed to be a predictor of behavioral issues.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Dogs, Animal science, Behavior, Cognitive functioning, Training, Pet-owners, Pets

As is the case with cameras, the best multitool is the one you have on you. Following that line of thinking, the K-Smart X might just be one of the best, as it's designed to clip unobtrusively right onto your belt.

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Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Multitools, EDC, Titanium, Kickstarter, xxKickbooster

How important is portability to you in a tiny house? If the answer is along the lines of "not very," then the Lucia might be of interest. The home trades ease of movement for a spacious and practical interior that has an attractive rustic aesthetic.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

Most of us know that applying sunscreen is important – we’ve heard it time and time again. Still, on a day-to-day basis, we often rely on our instincts, habits, weather apps, or a generic UV index that doesn’t necessarily say much about what your skin is actually experiencing. The90 Gem is trying to make that exposure a little more personal. It's a sleek, necklace-style tracker that transforms invisible sun exposure into actionable, app-based skincare guidance.

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Category: Wearables, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Sun, Tracking, Health, Fashion, Ultra-violet

There are many ways we can keep track of passing seconds. Counting “Mississippi” between numbers works. Monitoring the swing of a pendulum is a little more accurate. Or if you want to get super fancy, use the piezoelectric buzz of electrified quartz.

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Category: Physics, Science

Tags: Atoms, Clock, Nuclear, Time, Mathematics, Atoms

Who would have ever imagined we’d live to see a day where a Ford Escort would boast a better power-to-weight ratio than a Porsche 911? A proper working-class car turned into a sexy rear-wheel-drive, sub-2,000-lb (907-kg), manual sports car that revs to 10,000 rpm!

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Ford, Sports Cars, Carbon+Fibre, Custom, restomod

Susanne Durhuus-Andersen & Nuno Vibe Hermann, University of Copenhagen/ The Conversation

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Category: Diet & Nutrition, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: Teeth, Dental, Developmental conditions, Children, Health

Anti-aging peptides have become one of the most talked-about experimental treatments in this emerging area of science – and one in particular, GHK-Cu, is now in the spotlight.

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Category: Aging Well, Wellness and Healthy Living, Body and Mind

Tags: peptide, anti-aging, molecular biology, Age-Related, Skin, Cells, Plasma, Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Cognitive functioning

UK-based company Gadget On brings the EDC multitools to a new level with its latest product, TitanSnap – a magnetic titanium card deck that includes at least 70 tools. It is claimed to be one of the most compact and well-organized EDC systems on the market and is currently seeking backing on Kickstarter.

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Category: Knives and Multitools, Gear, Outdoors

Tags: Kickstarter, xxKickbooster, EDC, Multitools, Knife, Titanium

Analog filmmakers struggling with aging and hard-to-repair 16mm film cameras can now eagerly anticipate the release of the Cinelux Sixteen, a hybrid 16mm and HD digital camera boasting “live film simulation designed for a new era of filmmakers.”

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Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Filmmaking, Cinematography, Video Cameras

A long-awaited giant leap in battery technology has taken another significant shuffle forward – thanks to the first fitting of a new type of hyper-efficient fast-charging battery in a road-going car in North America.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: stellantis, Dodge, Solid-state, Electric Vehicles, Batteries, Factorial

This newly completed tiny house pushes the limits of small living with its substantial size and apartment-like interior. Measuring 399 sq ft (37 sq m), it offers enough space for full-time life on wheels, even for a family.

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Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors

Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home

In another illustration of how defense programs are being fast-tracked, the US Air Force has, for the first time, placed an operational pilot alongside a test pilot early in the flight-testing program for the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber.

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Category: Military, Engineering

Tags: US Air Force, Northrop Grumman, B-21 Raider, Flight Tests