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Three 40-ft shipping containers used to create one extraordinary home

From tiny houses to apartment buildings, art galleries and more, architects never seem to tire of experimenting with shipping containers. This neat example of the metal boxes' versatility consists of three heavily customized containers which create a spacious home with multiple outdoor areas.

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Category: Architecture, Lifestyle

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Junk food makes you dumber in a very specific way

We all know the many health effects that a diet high in saturated fat and refined sugar has on our bodies. Now, in the first study of its kind on humans, scientists find that it appears to also negatively impact a specific part of our brains.

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

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Gear-hauling bikepacker opens up wild weekend adventures

Cyclist and popular YouTuber Ryan Van Duzer sought feedback from the adventure community for the development of a new gear hauler from Priority Bicycles. The Bruzer is the result, and is designed to open up bikepacking "to riders who may feel intimidated by either the activity or the price of a quality ride."

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Category: Bicycles, Transport

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'Spark of Life' demo puts quantum chips in control of AI robot

Ultra-deep tech startup Nirvanic put on a fairly humble-looking robotics demo at Jeff Bezos's private MARS 2025 conference – but it may go down as a landmark moment both in AI robotics, and in our understanding of consciousness itself.

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Category: AI & Humanoids, Technology

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More suck for your buck: Roborock F25 ACE wet/dry vacuum review

If you’re looking for an affordable and effective cordless wet and dry stick vacuum, Roborock has well and truly got you covered. A step up from its F25 model, the F25 ACE delivers more suck for your buck, from its powerful suction and anti-tangle tech to its auto-dispensing detergent tank and self-cleaning function.

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Category: Around The Home, Lifestyle

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Reducing food waste: Is focusing on nutrition or sustainability better?

New research has compared whether food waste is reduced more by consumers who are driven by sustainability or those driven by nutrition and health. With somewhat unexpected findings, the study highlights the need to reconsider our approach to addressing the issue of food waste.

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Category: Environment, Science

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Coffee campfire starter repurposes bean waste into fragrant flame

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world – by some accounts, the most popular of all. With that popularity comes literal tons of waste each year. We've seen a variety of strategies for recycling and repurposing coffee waste, much of it focused on used grounds. Morii Outdoors travels a bit farther back in coffee's life cycle, reusing the byproducts of roasting as a natural firestarter medium for camping, backpacking, outdoor survival and just good ol' backyard cookouts.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

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Himalayan fungus compound refined to offer 40X the anti-cancer potency

By using a compound derived from a Himalayan fungus and used for centuries in Chinese medicine as a jumping off point, scientists have developed a new chemotherapy drug with powerful anti-cancer effects. Doing so involved chemically altering the compound to better infiltrate cancerous cells, which proved to boost its potency by up to 40 times.

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Category: Cancer, Illnesses and conditions, Body & Mind

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USA's robot building boom continues with first 3D-printed Starbucks

Though it started out as a futuristic-sounding niche proposition, 3D-printed construction is really taking off throughout the United States and the variety of projects being printed is remarkable. Following the construction of a Walmart extension, a Marine barracks, and even an experimental Mars habitat, the latest example of the cutting-edge technology comes from the USA's first 3D-printed Starbucks coffee shop.

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Trailblazing VW California camper van throws gauntlet at Ford Nugget

Volkswagen's first plug-in hybrid camper van went on sale in Continental Europe last fall and is now making its way to the UK. The new California ran behind the Ford Nugget and one or two other camper vans in getting its own a clean, quiet electrified powertrain option, but now that it's arrived, it brings increased driving range and performance to the segment, plus a unique two-door deconstructed camping layout that sets it apart.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

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