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By Ben Coxworth – The X tractor is being presented in commemoration of Kubota’s 130th year in business. Kubota. According to agricultural machinery manufacturer Kubota, there are now fewer farmers in Japan, trying to manage increasingly large amounts of land. With that problem …
By Nick Lavars – A new study has revealed not just how warm our ocean’s have gotten, but that they continue to do so at an accelerated pace. Alebloshka/Depositphotos. Where some consequences of climate change are plain to see, like the bushfires currently ravaging …
ICANN eliminated price protections for .org domain owners earlier this year. Timothy B. Lee – 11/23/2019, 8:30 AM – Enlarge / The word DOT ORG written in vintage wooden letterpress type in a wooden type drawer. elinedesignservices / Getty. – The Public Internet …
By Maarten Wensink – Ask your smartphone how to drive from Copenhagen to Berlin and it will give you an estimate of how long the trip will take, based on current traffic. If there is a traffic jam in Hamburg, say, the extra …
By Ben Coxworth – The Chukka-style skin, getting zipped onto one of the soles. Images: ACBC. – While it’s nice to own multiple styles of shoes, each one of the things has a big rubber sole that will ultimately end up in the …
By Ben Coxworth – The prototype Mojo Lens. Mojo Vision. – Although augmented reality (AR) glasses are potentially very useful, they can also be awkward to wear and sometimes kind of funny-looking. California-based startup Mojo Vision is developing a sleeker, less-dorky alternative, in the …
By Loz Blain – The team’s mission was to install emergency radios at high altitude, but there was time for a little record-setting, too. Daimler. – Mercedes-Benz’s squat little Unimog trucks have proven their expeditionary prowess yet again with the announcement that a …
By Ben Coxworth – A batch of the snake venom organoids. Ravian van Ineveld, © Princess Máxima Center. Although snake venom generally has a pretty nasty effect on people, it’s also used in the production of life-saving antivenoms, along with various other …
Research explains the positive impact and health benefits of children spending more time in nature. By Jaimee Bell – Time spent in nature is beneficial for children’s mental and physical health, research says. Photo by David Tadevosian on Shutterstock “Nature-deficit disorder” is the …
By Ben Coxworth – How old would you say this one is? jelen80/Depositphotos. – Finding a person’s fingerprints at a crime scene isn’t always enough to convict them, as they can claim that those prints were left before the crime took place. That …
