Hybrid Nuclear Plants Could Help in the Fight Against Global Warming

Managing the variability of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power has always been a challenge. Many efforts have been made in the past to smooth the transition of renewable energy, like using…

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Topless Lamborghini Will Set You Back $5.3 Million but You’ll Get to Go 220 MPH

Famous for its fast and mean-looking vehicles, Lamborghini has announced its most expensive supercar. The limited edition Lamborghini Veneno Roadster is the same Veneno that was unveiled in March this year at the Geneva Motor…

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Reverse Microwave Chills Drinks to 4 Degrees in Under a Minute

In just 45 seconds, your hot soda can be chilled to a refreshing four degrees with  V-Tex. UK-based company Enviro-Cool claims that its gadget needs 80% less energy than standard drink chillers and about 54%…

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B-2 Stealth Bomber Not So Stealthy Anymore

For a cool $737 million “flyaway cost”, Northrop Grumman builds the US military’s B-2 Spirit aka the Stealth Bomber. It was once billed as the replacement for the famous Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, which began service…

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New Text, Email or Facebook Likes? There’s a Scent for That.

Scentee is a plug-in accessory that plugs into the headphone socket of iPhones and Android smartphones. Whenever you receive a comment on your Facebook post, an email or an SMS text, you could get a…

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Shape-Shifting Wheel Rolls Over Any Terrain

Traveling across different countries in Africa has many obstacles, namely the lack of infrastructure in remote areas where vehicles can’t cross the terrain. It’s with the context of Nkhata-Bay in Malawi in mind that engineering…

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How Zamboni Became the Most Famous Name on Ice

Some might be perfectly happy with a sheet of clean ice: it’s beautiful enough in its own right. But of course, nothing is simple. Throw in two rosters or 46 muscular, athletic NHL hockey players,…

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Plastic Bag Pollution Turned into Eco-Friendly Carbon Nanotubes

Non-biodegradable plastic bags are a serious threat to the environment. Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That’s over one million plastic bags used per minute. Out of these, around…

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BMW Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo Goes from 0 to 62 in 4.6 Seconds. And It’s a Diesel.

Specialist automaker Alpina, one of the world’s highly-regarded manufacturers of luxury vehicles, has been working closely with BMW since 1961. This long-standing collaboration between Alpina and BMW has come up with what it claims to…

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5 Chemical Plant Explosions, The Causes & How To Avoid Future Disasters.

In perhaps one of the most dramatic videos ever, the Henderson, Nevada rocket fuel plant, supplier to the US space shuttle program, explodes in 1986, two years after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. For its…

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