Liquid nanofoam lining bolsters football helmets against repeat impacts

Engineers at Michigan State University have crafted a new type of liquid foam lining they say can help football helmets better sustain repeated impacts, improving their longevity and the safety of those wearing them.

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Review: The Google Pixel 5 aims to conquer the mid-range

The smartphone market, like the world at large, finds itself in a strange spot in 2020: we've seen a wealth of new phones at the upper mid-range of the market, and with the Pixel 5, that's exactly where Google is aiming.

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Pal-V Liberty flying car is now street-legal in Europe

Dutch company Pal-V has celebrated a milestone for its Liberty vehicle, which it describes as the world's first production-model flying car. A high-performance trike that converts into a gyrocopter, the Liberty has been street-approved in the EU.

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F1-grade Bugatti Bolide reaches 311+ mph with shape-shifting air scoop

Ever wonder what Bugatti's quad-turbo W16 could do if decoupled from heavy, bulbous cars like the Chiron? Bugatti has, too, and it answers with the Bolide, an ultralight 1,825-hp hypercar parked at the bleeding edge of automotive possibility.

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Suckerfish seen “surfing” blue whales in world-first underwater footage

A new study has delved into underwater behavior of remora, producing the first-ever continuous recordings of these so-called suckerfish in action and showing how they surf, feed and even socialize on the surface of blue whales.

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The hunt for spacesuit materials that can resist destructive lunar dust

An ESA initiative is researching new materials for spacesuits and other equipment that are better able to withstand the destructive effects of lunar dust, which is made of razor-sharp and abrasive particles that cling to everything.

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Molecular water “unambiguously” detected on the Moon for first time

Astronomers have detected water on the Moon. While that might sound familiar, previous reports were based on spectral signatures that could have been other compounds – this time, the detection is unambiguously water, in the molecular form we need.

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Latest OnePlus Nord phones are the most affordable yet

When the OnePlus Nord was unveiled in July, OnePlus promised it was just the start of a Nord-branded series of phones, and now we have two more in the range that are even more affordable: the OnePlus Nord N10 5G and the OnePlus Nord N100.

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Award-winning building shows possibilities of mud-based construction

Anandaloy, by Anna Heringer, is an impressive new therapy center and manufacturing workshop in rural Bangladesh. The project showcases the possibilities of building with mud and bamboo, and has been declared the winner of the Obel Award 2020.

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Rare Wozniak-Jobs “blue box” phone phreaking device could fetch $100,000

One of the original circuit boards hand-made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak for the first iteration "blue box" phone phreaking device in 1972 is going to auction, with an estimate of US$8,000 to $12,000.

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