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  Make your own surfboard with a design pro at this Laguna Beach hotel

  Los Angeles Times

  The Laguna Beach House wants to school you in how to shape a surfboard. That’s why it has partnered with hand-crafted surfboard maker Donald Brink to teach you everything you need to know. Guests stay two nights in a coastal view room at the recently renovated hotel. Then it’s off to Brink’s studio …

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  Researchers develop new 'zippered' origami tubes that fold flat, deploy easily, and still hold considerable weight

  gatech.edu

  Researchers Glaucio Paulino (left) and Evgueni Filipov show a large origami structure that can be folded into a much smaller space. Filipov is from …

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  Viral breastfeeding photograph celebrates motherhood in the military

  Digital Trends - By Lulu Chang

  Hardly is there a more gendered, female unfriendly workplace environment in the United States than our military. Despite the fact that there are now …

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  The rocket scientist behind the Super Soaker is developing a new battery

  Fortune - Katie Fehrenbacher

  Engineer Lonnie Johnson plans to bring his new battery to market in under a year if he can line up the right partners and funding.

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  Consumers and Lawmakers Take Steps to End Forced Labor in Fishing

  The New York Times - By Ian Urbina

  WASHINGTON — Federal lawmakers, State Department officials, fishing and pet food companies, and class-action lawyers are stepping up efforts to combat forced labor at sea. Last week, a group of consumers filed a class-action lawsuit in California against Mars, accusing the company, among the biggest …

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  fastcodesign.com

  Neri Oxman’s productive frictions Science just validated your favorite font pairings This clinic is designed to remove weight stigma from the …