Timber tiny house opens up its interior to the outside

Madeiguincho has impressed us with its line of tiny houses that showcase superb wooden detailing, and the firm's latest model maintains this timber craftsmanship while connecting with the outside via large operable skylights and double doors.

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Saltsaun NW’s curvy sauna trailers are the new hotspot for après ski

What's better than a backyard sauna? A sauna you can use in your backyard or tow anywhere else you might be inclined to use it. The all-new Saltsaun NW is a versatile on-/off-road trailer that carries a toasty cedar wood sauna virtually anywhere.

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Extraordinary 1-km-long art museum rises out of a lake in China

Japan's Junya.ishigami+associates recently completed an extraordinary 1-km-long project in China. Named the Zaishui Art Museum, the building is situated in an artificial lake and even lets the water inside at several points.

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Partially sunken train station links China’s past and future

MAD Architects has completed work on an ambitious new train station in China, which involved painstakingly rebuilding a 100-year-old train station brick-by-brick, which now fronts a huge modern transport hub that's partially sunken underground.

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“Olympics on steroids” takes a high-tech, F1-style angle on athletics

It seems the Enhanced Games are on like Donkey Kong, with multi-million dollar investments from Peter Thiel and other high-profile VCs. Performance-enhancing drugs are welcome – indeed, this could become an early preview of a transhuman Olympics.

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Engineered skin bacteria fight acne by producing common drug

Acne is an annoying part of pretty much everyone’s lives, and in some cases can get serious. Now, scientists have demonstrated an intriguing new way to fight it, by engineering bacteria that live on the skin to produce proteins found in acne drugs.

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Breaking: “Bookfind of the century” sells for $2.23 million

In 2007 a Canadian doctor paid $14,250 for a well-used second edition of "De humani corporis fabrica" (1555) covered in latin annotations by an unknown hand. The handwriting turned out to be that of the man who wrote the book - Andreas Vesalius - one of history's most important scientists and teachers.

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Extraordinary cantilevering One Za’abeel is an engineering triumph

Dubai is full of eye-catching skyscrapers but One Za'abeel, by Nikken Sekkei, is sure to stand out even there. The project takes the form of two adjacent towers which support a horizontal bridge section that forms the world's longest cantilever.

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Scientists fine-tune iodine and potassium levels in designer veggies

With an eye toward creating food for people with certain health conditions, scientists in Italy grew radish, pea, arugula, and Swiss chard plants, precisely controlling certain nutrients. And they did it without any soil.

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Mercedes-Benz takes the wraps off upcoming Dubai supertall skyscraper

Following the sneak preview of its upcoming residential tower last month, Mercedes-Benz has now fully unveiled the ambitious project, officially revealing what the supertall skyscraper will actually look like.

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