For the past decade, the best-selling hybrid SUV has been none other than the Ford Escape. Personally, I think it’s a cute car…if underpowered. Well, that won’t be a problem anymore, as Ford is dropping the hybrid model in place of two EcoBoost engine options, one of which will offer better highway MPG than the hybrid model.

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The University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana is still developing awesomely quick-charging batteries – but now with a little twist. The latest innovation from Professor Paul Braun’s research team looks just like an average Li-Ion battery on the outside, but the cathodes include 3-D nanostructures which allow the battery to rapidly charge and discharge without diminishing capacity in the process.

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Video of the Week #11, October 5, 2011 [More]

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No new Xbox 360 announcement…yet, but it’s rumored that a few developers are already shifting game development to Microsoft’s next console.

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Honda appears to be adding three new hybrid models to its Freed lineup – they’re on Honda’s Japanese homepage, but the press release seems to be forthcoming. Where’s the formal announcement, Honda?

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Which tech companies have challenged the market with new innovations? Check out the infographic below to see who has upset the status quo.

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We’ve seen all kinds of crazy ways to generate power, but this latest idea proves that your breath isn’t just a bunch of hot air. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a tiny piezoelectric microbelt that can generate tiny am…

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Poor Precious has had no offers of a forever home yet despite spending the last 6 months in kennels, and she doesn’t deserve it after being dumped in the pound by her uncaring owner. She’s a lovely lady who is very friendly with people and good with o…

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Apple’s iPhone 4S doesn’t launch until October 14, but Samsung doesn’t care. It’s suing Apple in France and Italy over patented wireless technology. Samsung’s wish is to ban the iPhone 4S from being sold in both countries — retaliation for Apple …

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Another day, another round of green news to dole out. Some of today’s highlights include Chevron embraces solar power, Toyota gets boozy, and Ford Super Duty Pickups go bi-fuel.

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An endangered Old World monkey species found in only two sites in Tanzania is in danger of being poached and eaten into extinction, researchers from the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG) and Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Center reported…

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In the quest to design more efficient aircraft, the CAFE Foundation organizes an annual contest called the Green Flight Challenge. This year the goal was to make an electric plane that could fly 200 miles in less than two hours, using the equivalent of…

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The mysteries of the China and Japan continue to fascinate those of us raised on English and corn flakes, but one Canadian recently took his own technological innovation eastward to create something uniquely Asian and quite useful.

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Wrik Sen: The moment one pictures the lifestyle and dressing sense of rap stars, the word ‘bling’ and ‘flash’ comes almost instantly. Whichever way possible, the performers of the hip-hop don’t seem to get enough of jive talk, and ‘blinged’ stuff arou

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Wrik Sen: Some watches experiment with complications, some with shapes and sizes, and some are custom made for exclusivity. But one watchmaker, who knows how to create horological art with its dial, is MB&F who have created the latest artwork, the Legacy Machine No

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Wrik Sen: Aston Martin, whose name we earlier knew for making high-end luxury cars, is now going to be associated with creating boats with similar degree of high-end styling, courtesy Luiz de Basto designs. The European design house has created the concept Voyage 5

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Wrik Sen: Most of the super
yachts we see these days are blessed with almost all possible modern amenities
and luxuries, but have a single short-fall- distance. When going on longer
cruises especially to multiple destinations, there is always the danger of
running

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…and much more, of course: – Princess Ojiaku – The newest Nobel Laureate is also a musician! [More]

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This composite image, created using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope, shows the molecular cloud Cepheus B, located in our galaxy about 2,400 light years from the Earth. A molecular cloud is a region containing coo…

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Photographers Neil DaCosta and Sara Phillips showed us the dark side of life without a space shuttle in Astronaut Suicides. Astronauts by Hunter Freeman takes a more whimsical approach, showing us a place in which astronauts are just going through the …

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