45-ft-long, quad-axle behemoth puts a spacious family home on wheels

The Tellico is the largest home on wheels we've seen to date, at 45 ft long and 12 ft wide. This sizable family residence offers a remarkably spacious apartment-like interior, as well as a substantial porch area outside.

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Ingenious Neanderthals had glue as part of their prehistoric tool kits

Neanderthals were gluing handles onto their tools over 100,000 years ago, possibly making the species even smarter than previously thought. So says a new study that discovered the use of adhesives on ancient stone tools that were previously overlooked.

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Radioactive ‘fruit sugar’ lights up cancer and inflammation

A radioactive form of fructose, a natural sugar found in fruit, can illuminate cancer and inflammation in medical scans. This approach has the potential to make diseases easier to spot than current techniques, leading to better early detection.

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Iconic BT Tower undergoing radical transformation into luxury hotel

London's 177-m-tall BT Tower has been a lot of things over the years – a telecommunications tower, a revolving restaurant, and even the target of a bombing attack. It's now set to begin a new chapter as a luxury hotel, courtesy of Heatherwick Studio.

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Yo, cuz! Jawless sea creatures share brain development with us

The formation of part of the human brain that regulates vital functions is triggered in an identical way in the sea lamprey, a new study has found. The discovery suggests that we’re related to these primitive creatures.

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Fangs a lot! Synthetic antibody could be key to universal antivenom

A universal snake-bite antivenom is within reach, with scientists making an antibody that protects against lethal strikes from a range of elapids. No snakes or ‘donor animals' were needed to produce the antivenom, making it sustainable and scalable.

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Stunning new AI adds realistic sound effects to any video

If OpenAI's Sora heralds the end of videography, Elevenlabs has just fired a broadside over the foley and sounds effects departments, with another groundbreaking new AI that takes silent video and generates audio to match, taking text guidance.

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Review: Compact Atom laser projector puts Google TV in sharp focus

We've spent the past few weeks having our streamed entertainment served up by a mini-PC-sized Full HD laser projector that Dangbei launched at IFA 2023 in Germany last year. The Atom made its way to the US for CES recently, and is now up for sale.

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NYC skyscrapers to meet at the top with skybridge and infinity pool

Four new skyscrapers are planned for Manhattan's largest plot of undeveloped land. Named Freedom Plaza, two of the towers will meet at the top with a dramatically cantilevering skybridge and one of the biggest infinity pools America has ever seen.

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