AMA 250GP national champion racer Roland Sands has been taking perfectly good motorcycles and engoodening them further for 20-odd years. Now, he's turned his attentions to BMW's giant boxer cruiser, giving the R18 a hardtail dragster treatment. Source of Article
A new breakthrough could overcome some of the problems around recycling cotton clothing, with scientists demonstrating a new technique that converts cotton into a yarn suitable for the mass manufacture of textiles Source of Article
Apple has announced a modest upgrade to the 27-in iMac. The new machines pack up to 10-core Intel processors, solid state drives (SSD) for faster storage, a higher-resolution FaceTime camera and a few other hardware tune-ups under the hood. Source of Article
Last week, we met Yamaha’s first dual-suspension ebikes, the innovative and slick-looking YDX-Moro and Moro Pro. Now we’ve got full details on the componentry and prices for these 500-watt, trail-hungry beasts. Source of Article
New data has found an association between increased body weight and decreased cerebral blood flow. The research offers insight into the links between Alzheimer’s and obesity, suggesting maintaining a healthy weight can reduce one’s risk of dementia. Source of Article
A team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey has used satellite imagery of penguin poop captured by ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission to calculate there are 20 percent more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought. Source of Article
Scientists have shown how to activate energy-burning brown fat in mice, which helps shed weight and improves health. Results have been hard to replicate in humans, but a new study has found that we might be targeting the wrong receptor in our bodies. Source of Article
Scientists investigating Alzheimer’s treatments at the Salk Institute have uncovered some key mechanisms that enable an experimental drug to reverse memory loss in mouse models of the disease, offering new targets for researchers in the field. Source of Article
The Bentley Blower Continuation Series is a bizarre project, a laser-scanned recreation of a supercharged 1929 race car that changed the course of history for this British automaker. Parts are coming in, and Bentley is building the first prototype. Source of Article
A New Zealand-based startup has developed a method of safely and wirelessly transmitting electric power across long distances without the use of copper wire, and is working on implementing it with the country's second-largest power distributor. Source of Article
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