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The women’s and men’s Immix Bib from OROS is new for this season and made for those extremely chilly days on the mountain, thanks to the brand’s proprietary zoned insulation. So how did its highly-warm-yet-minimal-loft fill fare on the frontside slopes? I first put on a pair of bibs for snowboarding a few years ago, and I haven’t touched a pair of regular snow pants since. I’ve got three pairs of bibs that I alternate between, including the latest women’s Immix Bib by OROS. These bibs are insulated, waterproof, and have two-way stretch from a 20k/20k breathable and recycled polyester....

“We Are Starbucks Coffee Rabbits — Living Somewhere in Coffee Tree Forests” is the theme for this new collection. As we count down the days until New Year, Starbucks is kickstarting the celebrations in Japan with a whole new range of goods dedicated to the rabbit, the star animal for the 2023 zodiac year. The new collection is based around the theme of “We Are Starbucks Coffee Rabbits — Living Somewhere in Coffee Tree Forests“, and the world they’re inviting us into is as adorably sweet as it sounds. The range covers mugs, tumblers, gift cards, and even some cute plushies,...

In the summer of 2019, Tomas Quinones, a Portland-based artist, quality assurance engineer for the mapping app Ride with GPS, and enthusiastic long-distance cyclist, was undertaking a seven-day bikepacking trip, covering some 360 miles of remote high desert country in Southern Oregon, not far from the Nevada border. His trip had been punctuated with the usual minor random setbacks and sketchy moments that bedevil the adventurer. He’d lost his shoes, and was riding on a pair of Bedrock sandals. He’d heard a low growling outside his tent one night—a mountain lion—and gripped his only defense, a small fixed-blade knife. His...

The dizzying pace of research and innovation at MIT can make it hard to keep up. To mark the end of the year, MIT News is looking back at 10 of the research stories that generated the most excitement in 2022. Designing a heat engine with no moving parts. In April, engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) designed a heat engine that might someday enable a fully decarbonized power grid. In demonstrations, the engine was able to convert heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency — a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines....

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