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Scientists Develop Coconut Jet Fuel That Works in Existing Turbine Engines

21 August 2026 at 16:38

Air travel may one day get a little greener thanks to an unlikely fuel source: coconuts. Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a biofuel made from coconut oil that can be blended with conventional jet fuel and used in existing turbine engines without significantly reducing engine efficiency. The fuel may also help lower some […]

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La Chine dévoile un robot-cheval tout-terrain que deux personnes peuvent réellement chevaucher sur 40 km !

21 August 2026 at 16:03
Après les robots-chiens, voici venu le temps des robots-chevaux. Présenté à Pékin, le Qiji X1 reprend le principe du quadrupède, mais dans un format nettement plus imposant. Doté d’une intelligence artificielle et conçu pour évoluer sur des terrains accidentés, il pourrait bientôt être...

MIT’s New Excavator Controller Could Help Beginners Dig Like Experts

21 August 2026 at 16:01

Anyone who has struggled with an arcade claw machine knows that controlling a mechanical arm is not as easy as it looks. Excavator operators face a much harder version of the same problem. They must coordinate several joystick movements to control the machine’s boom, arm, bucket and cab at the same time. Learning those controls […]

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Lost Mega-Cliff May Explain the Grand Canyon’s Missing Billion Years

21 August 2026 at 16:00

A gigantic line of cliffs may once have stretched for thousands of kilometers across ancient North America, helping erase more than a billion years of geological history from rocks now exposed in the Grand Canyon. Scientists led by the University of Southampton in the UK believe this enormous landscape formed about 800 million years ago, […]

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Mysterious Gravitational Waves May Be Echoes of Ancient Dark Stars

21 August 2026 at 15:59

A faint gravitational-wave signal spreading across the universe may contain clues about mysterious stars that existed more than 13 billion years ago, according to new research. Scientists from Colgate University have investigated whether some of the earliest supermassive black holes could be responsible for much of the extremely low-frequency gravitational-wave background detected today. Their findings […]

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In Minnesota, Words Matter More Than Rape

21 August 2026 at 15:00

Shiloh Hendrix got a $1,000 fine and 200 hours of community service for using a racial slur. The Somali man who filmed her had rape charges dropped "in the interest of justice". Only in Minnesota, says Steven Tucker.

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JBL Flip 7 à moins de 100 € : l'enceinte Bluetooth est affichée à prix immanquable sur Amazon

21 August 2026 at 15:00
La JBL Flip 7 est une enceinte portable de forme cylindrique qui mise sur sa simplicité d'utilisation et l'intelligence artificielle AI Sound Boost. Une valeur sûre du catalogue JBL, désormais accessible en version noire sous la barre des 100 euros sur Amazon grâce à une remise de 33 % par...

Tineco Floor One S6 Stretch : l'aspirateur-balais champion du nettoyage à 180 degrés est à moins de 270 €

21 August 2026 at 14:00
Le Tineco Floor One S6 Stretch Steam est un aspirateur-balais laveur qui s'appuie sur sa technologie HyperStretch pour s'incliner à 180 degrés et se glisser sous les meubles les plus bas, sans jamais renoncer à l'efficacité de lavage. Une polyvalence qui change la donne pour l'entretien...

Starlink renonce à restreindre l’itinérance en Pologne

Starlink, le service d'internet par satellite de SpaceX, renonce à exclure la Pologne de sa zone d'itinérance européenne après les protestations de Varsovie. Les clients polonais ne seront finalement soumis à aucune nouvelle restriction lors de leurs déplacements en Europe.

Sue Gray Says Working in Starmer’s No 10 Was ‘Unbearable’

21 August 2026 at 13:00

Baroness Sue Gray says working in Starmer’s No 10 was unbearable because no one could be trusted: "It just got to the point where, you know, everything you say, you feel somebody is recording it."

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Télétravail ou gaming : Amazon fait chuter de 100 € ce fauteuil du bureau haut de gamme

21 August 2026 at 13:00
Le Hbada E3 Pro veut réconcilier votre dos avec les longues heures devant l’écran. Réglages ergonomiques, soutien lombaire et dossier inclinable : ce fauteuil haut de gamme coche de nombreuses cases pour le télétravail comme le gaming, avec un prix en baisse avant la rentrée.

Canicule et sécheresse : les arbres de Paris sous pression

À Paris, canicule et sécheresse poussent certains arbres à perdre prématurément leurs feuilles, une stratégie de survie face au manque d'eau. Pour préserver leurs effets rafraîchissants en ville, les experts préconisent de diversifier les essences et de privilégier celles qui résistent mieux au changement climatique.

Les meilleurs écrans PC pour le télétravail en 2026

21 August 2026 at 12:30
Les journées de télétravail méritent mieux qu'un écran d'ordinateur portable étriqué. Un moniteur plus grand apporte un vrai confort pour jongler entre les visioconférences, les tableurs et les nombreux onglets ouverts toute la journée. Taille, définition, type de dalle ou ergonomie, quelques...

Hidden Stars Reveal Early Galaxies Were Far Bigger Than We Thought

21 August 2026 at 11:53

Some of the earliest massive galaxies in the universe may be hiding enormous numbers of small, faint stars, suggesting they contain much more mass than astronomers previously believed. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team led by researchers at Leiden University studied nine massive galaxies from the early universe. They discovered that […]

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Bladder Infection May Deepen Memory Problems

21 August 2026 at 11:49

A urinary tract infection may make memory problems worse after a traumatic brain injury, according to new research in mice. The study raises an important question about whether a common infection could interfere with the brain’s recovery after an injury. Traumatic brain injury, often shortened to TBI, happens when a blow, fall or other force […]

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